Anesthesiologists are involved: Anesthesiologists are involved

Inexpensive

readily available

non allergenic

noninfectious,

efficacious in restoring total-body fluid.

mix well with most infused medications,

rapidly warmed to body temperature.

Disadvantages:

lack of oxygen-carrying capacity,

their lack of coagulation capability,

and their limited intravascular half-life.

immunosuppressant and triggers of cellular apoptosis(is the process of programmed cell death that may occur in multicellular organisms)

apoptosis is an important element of reperfusion injury

In a rat model of controlled hemorrhage, animals receiving LR solution showed an immediate increase in apoptosis in the liver and small intestine after resuscitation with LR.

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