{"id":1668,"date":"2018-03-27T22:27:56","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T22:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmjebmspotlight\/?p=1668"},"modified":"2018-04-27T10:03:59","modified_gmt":"2018-04-27T10:03:59","slug":"crystalloids-or-saline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmjebmspotlight\/2018\/03\/27\/crystalloids-or-saline\/","title":{"rendered":"Crystalloids or saline?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Use of resuscitation fluids has largely been based on physiological principles rather than evidence.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">Carl Heneghan<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1324 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmjebmspotlight\/files\/2017\/06\/Carl-Heneghan-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>The debate over when to use <strong>crystalloids versus saline <\/strong>in unwell adults shows there has been considerable uncertainty about what to do in practice. Use of resuscitation fluids has largely been based on physiological principles rather than evidence.<\/p>\n<p>However, two recent trials in the New England Journal of Medicine try to answer this long-standing question (I think I can trace this question back to my medical school days) over the use of crystalloids or saline in Noncritically and critically ill adults.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/29485926\">first of these trials<\/a> assessed balanced crystalloids or saline in 13,347 NonCritically ill adults managed outside an intensive care unit. The trial used a multiple-crossover design to assign patients within the whole of one emergency department each month to either balanced crystalloids (lactated Ringer\u2019s solution or Plasma-Lyte A) or saline.<\/p>\n<p>The primary outcome of hospital-free days was no different between the groups. There was a lower incidence of major adverse kidney events within 30 days in the balanced crystalloid treatment phase (4.7% vs. 5.6%: absolute difference 0.9%, NNT 111, p =0.01). This effect was largely driven by doubling of creatinine and not the need for Renal replacement therapy. As to costs, one litre of saline costs about $1 dollar,\u00a0 balanced crystalloids work out to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4955703\/\">about roughly double. <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/29485925\">The second trial<\/a> examined balanced crystalloids versus saline in critically Ill adults. In this cluster-randomized, multiple-crossover trial in intensive care units, 15,802 patients were assigned to receive saline or balanced crystalloids.<\/p>\n<p>The rate of major adverse kidney event was lower in the balanced-crystalloids group, (14.3 vs 15.4%: absolute difference 1.1%, NNT 91, P = 0.04). In-hospital mortality was 10.3% in the balanced-crystalloids group and 11.1% in the saline group (P = 0.06). Benefits seemed to be larger in septic patients.<\/p>\n<p>So which one to choose? The evidence points to small but critical differences with balanced crystalloids. However, to confirm this\u00a0decision we need a trial that blinds clinicians to the allocated intervention, a crucial methodological limitation of both trials.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>References<\/p>\n<p>Balanced crystalloids versus saline in Noncritically Ill adults. Self W.H. et al. 2018. <em>The New England Journal of Medicine<\/em>, <em>378<\/em>(9), 819\u2013828.<\/p>\n<p>Balanced crystalloids versus saline in Critically Ill adults. Semler M.W. et al. 2018. <em>The New England Journal of Medicine<\/em>, <em>378<\/em>(9), 829\u2013839.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1618 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmjebmspotlight\/files\/2018\/01\/Picture1-2-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmjebmspotlight\/files\/2018\/01\/Picture1-2-1.png 380w, https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmjebmspotlight\/files\/2018\/01\/Picture1-2-1-300x160.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>BMJ\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ebm.bmj.com\/\">Evidence-Based Medicine<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0original evidence-based research, insights and opinions on what matters for health care.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about BMJ EBM content in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ebm.bmj.com\/content\/early\/2018\/01\/24\/bmjebm-2018-110906\">Welcome to BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine Editorial<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Carl Heneghan is<a href=\"http:\/\/www.phc.ox.ac.uk\/team\/researchers\/carl-heneghan\">\u00a0Professor of EBM<\/a>\u00a0at the University of Oxford,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cebm.net\/\">\u00a0Director of CEBM<\/a>\u00a0and Editor in Chief of BMJ EBM<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow on twitter\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/carlheneghan?lang=en\">@carlheneghan<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>Competing interests<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Carl has received expenses and fees for his media work including BBC Inside Health. He holds grant funding from the NIHR, the NIHR School of Primary Care Research, The NIHR Oxford BRC\u00a0 and the WHO. He has also received income from the publication of a series of toolkit books published by Blackwells. CEBM jointly runs the\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/evidencelive.org\/\">EvidenceLive<\/a>\u00a0Conference with the BMJ and the\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.preventingoverdiagnosis.net\/\">Overdiagnosis Conference<\/a>\u00a0with some international partners which are based on a\u00a0 non-profit model.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<!--TrendMD v2.4.8--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Use of resuscitation fluids has largely been based on physiological principles rather than evidence. Carl Heneghan The debate over when to use crystalloids versus saline in unwell adults shows there has been considerable uncertainty about what to do in practice. 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