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Lactated Ringer's solution — is a solution that is isotonic with blood and intended for intravenous administration. Veterinary administration may also be subcutaneous.Lactated Ringer s solution is abbreviated as LR or RL . It is also known as Ringer s lactate solution… … Wikipedia
Ringer's solution — also Ring·er solution riŋ ər n a sterile aqueous solution of calcium chloride, sodium chloride, and potassium chloride that provides a medium essentially isotonic to many animal tissues and that is used esp. to replenish fluids and electrolytes… … Medical dictionary
Ringer's solution — /ring euhrz/, Pharm. an aqueous solution of the chlorides of sodium, potassium, and calcium in the same concentrations as normal body fluids, used chiefly in the laboratory for sustaining tissue. Cf. isotonic sodium chloride solution. [1890 95;… … Universalium
lactated Ringer injection — [USP] a sterile solution of calcium chloride, potassium chloride, sodium chloride, and sodium lactate in water for injection, given as a fluid and electrolyte replenisher by intravenous infusion; called also lactated Ringer solution … Medical dictionary
Ringer — can refer to:* An impostor * The Ringer (2005 film), a comedy film starring Johnny Knoxville and Katherine Heigl * Ringer (EP), an EP by Four Tet. * The mechanism in a telephone that announces an incoming call, or plays a ringtone * A decoy * One … Wikipedia
Ringer's lactate — or Ringer s lactate solution n lactated Ringer s solution … Medical dictionary
lactated Ringer solution — see under injection … Medical dictionary
solution — 1. The incorporation of a solid, a liquid, or a gas in a liquid or noncrystalline solid resulting in a homogeneous single phase. See dispersion, suspension. 2. Generally, an aqueous s. of a nonvolatile substance. 3 … Medical dictionary
Tyrode's solution — is a solution that is roughly isotonic with interstitial fluid and used in physiological experiments and tissue culture. It resembles Lactated Ringer s solution, but contains magnesium, a sugar (usually glucose) as an energy source and uses… … Wikipedia
Sydney Ringer — FRS was a British clinician and pharmacologist, best known for inventing Lactated Ringer s solution. He was born in March 1836 in Norwich, England and died following a stroke October 14, 1910, in Lastingham, Yorkshire, England. His gravestone and … Wikipedia
