Ringer-Acetat Fresenius Kabi
Ringer-acetat Fresenius Kabi infusion helps restore the body's fluid balance and salts when the body lacks fluids or salts, for example, after surgery, injury, or burns.
Form
infuusioneste, liuos
Active Ingredient
Sodium chloride
Manufacturer
Fresenius Kabi AB
How to Use
Dosage
The dosage is always determined by a doctor or nurse, and it depends on your age, weight, and general condition.
Method
This medicine is given as a drip directly into a vein.
Important
For adults, the infusion rate usually should not exceed 500 ml per hour; the total daily amount depends on your needs.
Possible Side Effects
COMMON
- •Too much fluid accumulating in the body.
- •Heart failure (if you already have heart disease).
- •Swelling in the lungs (fluid in the lungs).
- •Fever, infection at the injection site, local pain or reaction, vein irritation, inflammation, and/or blockage, tissue damage (if the medicine accidentally leaks out of the vein).
RARE
- •Hypersensitivity reactions, allergic reactions.
- •Eye inflammation (conjunctivitis).
- •Fast or slow heart rate.
- •Runny nose.
- •Hives, rash, skin redness or itching, chest pressure, chest pain.
- •Abnormal blood electrolyte (salt) levels.
- •Seizures.
- •Abnormally large amount of blood in the body.
- •Headache, nausea, seizures, sleep-like drowsiness (lethargy), vomiting. This can be caused by low blood sodium, which can lead to brain swelling.
- •Low blood sodium (hyponatremia).
- •Brain swelling, which can cause brain damage.
Important Warnings
- If you are allergic to any of the ingredients in this medicine.
- Do not give this medicine to premature babies or babies under 28 days old at the same time as a certain antibiotic (ceftriaxone) intravenously.
- If you have too much fluid around your body's cells.
- If you have an abnormally large amount of blood in your body.
- You have pain or infections.
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- You have heart or lung failure, irregular heartbeats, high blood pressure, or swelling.
- You have liver disease.
- You have kidney failure.
- You are pregnant and have had seizures related to pre-eclampsia.
- You have a condition where your body produces less steroid hormones.
- You have experienced sudden fluid loss or severe burns.
- You have a condition associated with high vitamin D levels.
- You have a condition that can raise levels of the vasopressin hormone, for example, sudden illness or injury, recent surgery, brain disease, or certain medications.
- You are at risk of low blood sodium (hyponatremia), especially if you are a child, a woman of childbearing age, or have had problems related to brain fluid.
- You have myasthenia gravis, a disease that causes muscle weakness.
- You are receiving a blood transfusion.
- You have metabolic or respiratory acidosis (a condition where acidic substances build up in the body).
- You are being treated with a specific antibiotic (ceftriaxone), as it should not be given at the same time as calcium-containing solutions.