“…2,4 As regarding uses of saline in medicine, intravenous fluid therapy is the most frequent intervention for acutely hospitalized patients, and NS is crystalloid of choice in different clinical settings for fluid resuscitation of hypovolemia, to compensate for extracellular fluid deficit, maintenance infusion for the patients who are incapable of taking fluid by other means. [5][6][7] As well as to correct existing electrolyte or acid-base disorders. 8 NS is used as a vehicle for intravenous iron supplements, aminophylline, antibiotics, 9 in spinal anesthesia, 10 and as a diluent for steroid 11 and radio contrasts in coherence tomography.…”