Use: Ringer's solution is a complex solution of sodium chloride, also containing potassium chloride and calcium chloride. It belongs to the pharmacotherapeutic group of electrolytes, plasma substitutes and other blood components in combinations, as well as regulators of water-electrolyte balance and acid-base status in combinations. The drug is indicated for: - hypovolemic shock - acute blood loss - dehydration and electrolyte imbalance (e.g., in thermal burns of 3rd and 4th degree) It is also used for correction of water-salt balance in: - acute diffuse peritonitis - intestinal obstruction - intestinal fistula - acute intestinal infection (severe course, when oral rehydration is impossible) - therapeutic plasmapheresis Contraindications: Contraindications include: - hypersensitivity - hypernatremia - hyperchloremia - hypercalcemia - hyperkalemia - acidosis - chronic heart failure (NYHA functional class III-IV) - cerebral edema - pulmonary edema - severe chronic renal failure with oligo- and anuria - concomitant glucocorticosteroid therapy - hypercoagulation - hypervolemia - thrombophlebitis - metabolic alkalosis