“…The balanced crystalloids that were studied include Plasmalyte (Plasma-Lyte 148/Plasma-Lyte A), Kabilyte, Normosol-R, Ringer’s Lactate, Ringerfundin/Ringer’s Acetate, Hartmann’s solution, Ringer’s Bicarbonate, Sterofundin, and novel balanced solutions (see Table 2 for a summary of commercially available fluids and their electrolyte concentrations). Of the included studies, 16 were performed in the perioperative setting ( n = 1142 participants) ( 16 – 20 , 23 , 25 , 26 , 28 , 30 – 32 , 35 , 36 , 38 , 39 ), six in the ICU ( n = 427 participants) ( 21 , 27 , 29 , 33 , 34 , 37 ), one in the emergency department (ED; n = 90 participants) ( 24 ), and one in healthy volunteers ( n = 14 participants) ( 22 ). Five studies involved pediatric patients ( n = 298 participants) ( 16 , 17 , 25 , 38 , 39 ), whereas the remainder focused on adult participants.…”