Tables of Parenteral Fluids

(Not a complete listing; includes both human

and veterinary-approved products.)
SODIUM CHLORIDE INJECTIONS

Sodium

Chloride

Osmolality

Available as:

(mEq/L)
34

(mEq/L)
34

(mOsm/L)
69

3 ml

77

77

155

(Normal Saline )

154

154

310

Sodium Chloride 3%
Sodium Chloride 5%

513
855

513
855

1030
1710

Solution
Sodium Chloride 0.2%
Sodium Chloride 0.45%
(Half-Normal Saline)
Sodium Chloride 0.9%

3, 5, 500, and
1000 ml
1, 2, 2.5. 3, 4, 5,
10, 20, 25, 30, 50,
100, 130, 150,
250, 500, & 1000
ml
500 ml
500 ml

DEXTROSE SOLUTIONS
Solution

Dextrose
(g/L)
25

Calories
(kCal/L)
85

Osmolality
(mOsm/L)
126

50

170

253

Dextrose 10%
Dextrose 20%
Dextrose 25%
Dextrose 30%
Dextrose 38.5%
Dextrose 40%
Dextrose 50%

100
200
250
300
385
400

340
680
850
1020
1310
1360

505
1010
1330
1515
1945
2020

500

1700

2525

Dextrose 60%
Dextrose 70%

600
700

2040
2380

3030
3535

Dextrose 2.5%
Dextrose 5%

Available
as:
250, 500, & 1000 ml
10, 25, 50, 100, 130,
150, 250, 400, 500,
1000 ml
250, 500, & 1000 ml
500 & 1000 ml
in 10 ml syringes
500 & 1000 ml
1000 ml
500 & 1000 ml
50, 250, 500, &
1000 ml
500 & 1000 ml
250, 500, & 1000 ml

DEXTROSE/ELECTROLYTE COMBINATIONS
Solution

D5 in
Ringer
s

D2.5 in
halfstrengt
h
Lactate
d
Ringers

D5 in
Lactate
d
Ringers

NormosolM w/D5;Plasm
a-Lyte 56 w/D5

PlasmaLyte 14
8 and D5

Normosol
-R and D5

Dextrose(g/L)
Calories(kCal/L)
Na+ (mEq/L)
K+ (mEq/L)
Ca++ (mEq/L)
Mg++ (mEq/L)
Cl- (mEq/L)
Gluconate(mEq/L)
Lactate(mEq/L)
Acetate(mEq/L)
Osmolarity(mOsm/
L)
Available as:

50
170
147
4
4.5

25
89
65.5
2
1.4

50
179
130
4
2.7

156

54

109

14

28

562

263

527

500 &
1000
ml

250,
500 &
1000
ml

250,
500 &
1000
ml

50
170
40
13

50
190
140
5

50
185
140
5

3
40

3
98
23

3
98
23

16
368
(363)

27

27

547

552

500 &
1000
ml

500 &
1000 ml

500 & 1000

ml

ELECTROLYTE COMBINATION INJECTIONS

Solution

Ringers
Injection

Lactated
Ringers
Injection
(LRS )

147
4
4

130
4
3

Na+ (mEq/L)
K+ (mEq/L)
Ca++ (mEq/L)
Mg++ (mEq/L)
Cl- (mEq/L)
Gluconate(mEq/L)
Lactate (mEq/L)
Acetate (mEq/L)
Osmolarity(mOsm/L)
Available as:

Solution
D2.5 & 0.45%
NaCl
D5 & 0.11%
NaCl
D5 & 0.2% NaCl
D5 & 0.33%
NaCl
D5 & 0.45%
NaCl

156

109

PlasmaLyte 56

PlasmaLyte R

40
13
3
40

140
10
5
3
103

16

8
47

28
310

272

111

312

250, 500,
1000 ml

250, 500,
1000,
5000 ml

500 &
1000 ml

1000 ml

Na+
(mEq/L)

Plasma-Lyte
A;
NormosolR pH 7.4

Isolyte S
pH 7.4

140
5

141
5

3
98
23

3
98
23

27
294
(295)
500,
1000, &
5000 ml

29

DEXTROSE/SALINE COMBINATIONS
ClDextrose Calories
Osmolality
(mEq/L)
(g/L)
(kCal/L)
(mOsm/L)

77

77

25

85

280

19

19

50

170

290

34

34

50

170

320

56

56

50

170

365

77

77

50

170

405

295
500 &
1000 ml

Available
as:
250, 500, &
1000 ml
500 & 1000
ml
250, 500, &
1000 ml
250, 500, &
1000 ml
250, 500, &
1000 ml

D5 & 0.9% NaCl

D10 & 0.45%
NaCl
D10 & 0.9%
NaCl

154

154

100

170

560

250, 500, &

1000 ml

77

77

100

340

660

1000 ml

154

154

100

340

815

500 & 1000

ml