Why is saline so acidic (and does it really matter?)

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dc.contributor.authorReddi, B.
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractCommercial 0.9% saline solution for infusion has a pH around 5.5. There are many reasons for this acidity, some of them still obscure. It is also true that infusion of normal saline can lead to met-abolic acidaemia, yet the link between the acidity of saline solution and the acidaemia it can en-gender is not straightforward. This commentary draws together the known and putative sources of acidity in saline solutions: it turns out that the acidity of saline solution is essentially unrelated to the acidaemia complicating saline infusion.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityBenjamin AJ Reddi
dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal of Medical Sciences, 2013; 10(6):747-750
dc.identifier.doi10.7150/ijms.5868
dc.identifier.issn1449-1907
dc.identifier.issn1449-1907
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/78905
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherIvyspring International Publisher
dc.rights© Ivyspring International Publisher. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons License (http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Reproduction is permitted for personal, noncommercial use, provided that the article is in whole, unmodified, and properly cited.
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.7150/ijms.5868
dc.subjectsaline
dc.subjectacidaemia
dc.subjecttitratable acidity
dc.subjectcrystalloid
dc.subjectbalanced solution
dc.subjectGrotthuss.
dc.titleWhy is saline so acidic (and does it really matter?)
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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