Table 2 Electrolyte composition (mmol/l) of commonly available colloids
Albumin 4% | Plasmion® Geloplasma® | Gelofusine® | Voluven® (waxy maize HES 6% 130/0.40) | Venofundin® (potato HES 6% 130/0.42) | Hextend® (waxy maize HES 6% 670/0.75) | Volulyte® (waxy maize HES 6% 130/0.40) | PlasmaVolume® (potato HES 6% 130/0.42) | Tetraspan® (potato HES 6% 130/0.42) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sodium | 140 | 150 | 154 | 154 | 154 | 143 | 137 | 130 | 140 |
Potassium | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5.4 | 4.0 |
Chloride | 128 | 100 | 125 | 154 | 154 | 124 | 110 | 112 | 118 |
Calcium | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.9 | 2.5 |
Magnesium | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 1.0 |
Bicarbonate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lactate | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Acetate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 27 | 24 |
Malate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Octanoate | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |