Options for Fluid Resuscitation
| Resuscitation fluid | Option |
|---|---|
| Crystalloids | Normal saline |
| Lactated Ringer’s solution | |
| Hypertonic saline | |
| Colloids | Albumin |
| Synthetic colloids: | |
| hetastarch | |
| pentastarch | |
| hypertonic saline-dextran | |
| Blood | Allogeneic blood |
| Autologous blood | |
| Blood substitutes | Modified hemoglobin |
| encapsulated hemoglobin | |
| cross-linked, polymerized or conjugated hemoglobin | |
| human (Polyheme, Hemolink) | |
| bovine (Hemopure) | |
| recombinant (Optro) | |
| Perfluorocarbon emulsions | |