In the Editorial titled “Does Crystalloid Composition or Rate of Fluid Administration Make a Difference When Resuscitating Patients in the ICU?”1 published in the September 7, 2021, issue of JAMA, there were 2 incorrect sentences. At the end of the article, 3 paragraphs up from the final paragraph, the second to last sentence in the paragraph should be revised as “Notably, the pH of Plasma-Lyte 148 and Plasma-Lyte A is 7.4 and the pH of lactated ringer is 6.5 (for comparison, the effective pH of 0.9% sodium chloride is 5.4).16” The next sentence is incorrect and should be deleted: “It is possible that the differences in pH between the different fluids account for the divergent outcomes observed in the 3 trials.” This article was corrected online.
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- 1.Connor MJ Jr, Coopersmith CM. Does crystalloid composition or rate of fluid administration make a difference when resuscitating patients in the ICU? JAMA. 2021;326(9):813-815. doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.11119 [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
