Composition & Indications of Commonly Used Fluids in Veterinary Practice
Dr Nripendra Singh1 , Dr Raj Kamal Yadav2 , Dr S.V Singh3, Dr J.P Singh3
- V.Sc. Scholar , Department of Veterinary Anatomy & Histology.
- V.Sc. Scholar , Department of Veterinary Medicine.
- Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Medicine.
College of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry ANDUAT Kumarganj Ayodhya 224229
Composition & Indications of Commonly Used Fluids in Veterinary Practice
| Fluids & its composition
|
Indications | |
| Normal Saline | Sodium Chloride 0.9% | · Expand circulating blood volume
· Severe sweating · Vomiting · Pyloric obstruction · Abomasal disorder |
| Dextrose Normal Saline | Sodium Chloride
0.9% & Dextrose 5% |
· Dehydration
· Vomiting · Heat stroke · mild diarrhoea |
| Balanced Electrolyte Solutions
|
Ringer’s Solution
(NaCl 0.9g + KCl 0.03g CaCl2 0.03g + D W 100 ml) |
· Dehydration
· Acidosis · Alkalosis · Electrolyte losses |
| Lactated Ringer’s Solution (As for Ringer’s solution + Sodium lactate) | · Mild to moderate acidosis with dehydration | |
| Dextrose 20g + NaCl 0.6g + KCl 0.04g + CaCl2 0.027g + Na lactate 0.31g | · Dehydration
· Ketosis · Mild to Moderate Acidosis |
|
| Sodium bicarbonate solutions | Sodium bicarbonate 1.3%
( Isotonic ) |
· Acidosis |
| Sodium bicarbonate 5%
( Hypertonic ) |
· Severe acidosis | |
| Mixture of isotonic KCl2 (1.1%) and Dextrose saline
|
· Metabolic alkalosis | |
| Dextrose Solutions
|
Dextrose 5%
( isotonic ) |
· High fever
· Starvation · Decreased water intake |
| Dextrose 20% & 25%
( Hypertonic ) |
· Parenteral nutrition
· Ketosis · Hypoglycaemia · Surra |
|
| Amino acid solution |
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· Parenteral nutrition
· Liver disorders · Hypo-proteinemia · Extensive burns |
| Plasma expanders | Dextran -70, 500ml (Dextran 6% in normal Saline/5% Dextrose) Dose : 10-20 ml/kg/day/IV | · Shock
· Haemorrhage · Burns · Severe dehydration · Surgical operations. |
| Haemacel, 500ml (Polymer form degraded gelatine 3.5% + Electrolytes Na+K+Ca+Cl) | · Hypovolemic shock
· Haemorrhage · Burns · Endotoxic shock |
|
| Mannitol 20% | Dose @ 0.5g/ kg IV | · Cerebral Oedema |
