POTENCIAL ALCALINIZANTE DA SOLUÇÃO DE RINGER COM LACTATO EM OVELHAS SADIAS

The alkalinizing power of Lactated Ringer’s Solution (LRS) was searched in this work. Six crossbred healthy ewes, nonpregnant and nonlactating, weighting approximately 40 kg, received 4 L of LRS by 4 hours continuous intravenous infusion at a rate of 25 mL/kg/h. The venous blood samples were obtained before the infusion (0 hours), during the infusion (2 hours), at the end of the infusion (4 hours), and 2 hours after the end of the infusion (6 hours). Values of pH, pCO2, HCO3-, TCO2, BE, Na+, K+, Cl- and lactate L were determined. The LRS induced mild increase in the alkali reserve confirming its low magnitude alkalinizing power, as a result of the small sodium lactate concentration present in the solution. KEY WORDS: Sheep, acid-base balance, sodium lactate, intravenous solution.