Ring·er's solution

(rĭng′ərz) also Ring·er solution (-ər)

An aqueous solution of the chlorides of sodium, potassium, and calcium that is isotonic to animal tissue and is used topically as a physiological saline and, in experiments, to bathe animal tissues.

[After Sydney Ringer (1835-1910), British physician.]

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Ringer solution - an aqueous solution containing the chlorides of sodium and potassium and calcium that is isotonic to animal tissues; used to correct dehydration and (in physiological experiments) as a medium for in vitro preparations

Ringer's solution

isosmotic solution, isotonic solution - a solution having the same osmotic pressure as blood

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The samples were transferred to a bottle containing freshly prepared preoxygenated (100%) Krebs Ringer solution and bottle was kept in a container containing ice packs for transportation from the Department of Pediatric Surgery to Department of Physiology.

A comparative study of in vitro contractility between gut tissues of Hirschsprung's disease and other gut malformations

Each side of the Ussing chamber had a capacity of 15 ml ringer solution so the calculation for the final concentration was made accordingly.

Effects of Nickel Oxide Nanoparticles on Visual Processes and Electro-Retinography Waves in the Bullfrog Eye

[The effects of sodium pyruvate Ringer solution on hemodynamic and organ functions during shock stage in dogs with a 50% total bodysurface area full-thickness burn].

Effects of Ringer's sodium pyruvate solution on serum tumor necrosis factor-a and interleukin-6 upon septic shock

Group A was preloaded with ringer solution 15 ml/kg and intramuscular injection of 1 ml normal saline as placebo was given.

ROLE OF PRELOADING WITH AND WITHOUT INTRAMUSCULAR EPHEDRINE TO PREVENT POST SPINAL HYPOTENSION IN ELDERLY PATIENTS

Physiological solutions: Ringer solution and Hypodynamic ringer solution.

Cardiotonic effects of juice of bulbs of allium cepa on isolated frog's heart

Furthermore, in skeletal muscle of toads, eugenol (at low concentrations) blocked contraction induced by a high-potassium Ringer solution, but potentiated the effect of caffeine (an RyR agonist) (11).

Effects of eugenol on resting tension of rat atria

Erythrocytes were incubated in vitro at a hematocrit of 0.4% in Ringer solution containing (in mM) 125 NaCl, 5 KCl, 1 MgS[O.sub.4], 32 N-2-hydroxyethylpiperazine-N-2-ethanesulfonic acid (HEPES), 5 glucose, 1 Ca[Cl.sub.2]; pH 7.4 at 37 [degrees]C for 48h.

Stimulation of suicidal erythrocyte death by trans-cinnamaldehyde

It was deduced by electrochemical test results that pitting resistance of 316L SS increased with the addition of blood serum in ringer solution. Formation of meta-stable pits was evident from polarization curves with the addition of blood serum.

LOCALIZED CORROSION STUDY OF 316L BIO-IMPLANT IN SIMULATED BODY FLUIDS