Ringer's solution
Solución de Ringer
- Date
- c. 1882 · confidence medium
- Place
- London, England, United Kingdom
- Credited to
- Sydney Ringer
- Field
- Life & health
What it is
British physiologist Sydney Ringer formulated an isotonic saline solution of sodium, potassium and calcium chloride in the 1880s at University College London, able to keep animal tissue alive outside the body, the basis of modern intravenous fluids.
What it led to
- Lactated Ringer's solution
- Modern intravenous fluid therapy
- Organ perfusion and culture media
- Emergency resuscitation fluids