What is your approach to IV fluid management for the treatment of hypercalcemia of malignancy?
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Nephrology · University Of California San Francisco Medical Center At Parnassus
At this point, I believe one can use either saline or lactated Ringer's. There is some evidence that low-chloride-containing solutions have advantages in general, which may well be the case, but we need more data on that. The amount of calcium in LR is very small and should not make a difference (1....