title: Crystalloid fluid therapy.
abstract: This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency medicine 2016. Other selected articles can be found online at http://www.biomedcentral.com/collections/annualupdate2016. Further information about the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine is available from http://www.springer.com/series/8901.
authors.affiliation: Medical Research Institute of New Zealand, 6021, Wellington, New Zealand. sumeet.reddy@mrinz.ac.nz.
authors.forename: Sumeet
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.affiliation: Austin Hospital, Department of Anesthesia, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.|Departments of Surgery and Anesthesia, University of Melbourne, Perioperative Pain Medicine Unit, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Weinberg
authors.affiliation: Medical Research Institute of New Zealand, 6021, Wellington, New Zealand.|Wellington Regional Hospital, Intensive Care Unit, Wellington, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Young
mesh_terms: D000077324:Crystalloid Solutions; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000379:methods; D005440:Fluid Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D057967:Infusions, Intraventricular; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D007552:Isotonic Solutions / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000077325:Ringer's Lactate; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000077324:Crystalloid Solutions; D007552:Isotonic Solutions; D000077325:Ringer's Lactate; D012965:Sodium Chloride