KENDALL 0.9% NACL WITH CAP (sodium chloride 0.9 % (flush))

Drug overview for KENDALL 0.9% NACL WITH CAP (sodium chloride 0.9 % (flush)):

Generic name: SODIUM CHLORIDE 0.9 % (FLUSH) (SOE-dee-um KLOR-ide)
Drug class:
Therapeutic class: Electrolyte Balance-Nutritional Products

Sodium chloride is used as a source of sodium and chloride ions, which are essential ions.

Sodium chloride injections are used as a source of sodium chloride and water for hydration. Sodium chloride is used in the prevention or treatment of deficiencies of sodium and chloride ions and in the prevention of muscle cramps and heat prostration resulting from excessive perspiration during exposure to high temperature. Sodium chloride is also used to treat deficiencies of sodium and chloride caused by excessive diuresis or excessive salt restriction.

0.45% Sodium chloride injection is used principally as a hydrating solution and may be used to assess renal function status, since more water is provided than is required for excretion of salt. 0.45%

Sodium chloride injection is also used in the management of hyperosmolar diabetes. 0.9% Sodium chloride injection is used for extracellular fluid replacement and in the management of metabolic alkalosis in the presence of fluid loss and mild sodium depletion.

0.9% Sodium chloride injection (normal saline) is also used as a priming fluid for hemodialysis procedures and to initiate and terminate blood transfusions. Hypertonic (i.e., 3%, 5%) sodium chloride injection is used in the management of severe sodium chloride depletion when rapid electrolyte restoration is essential.

Severe sodium chloride depletion may occur in the presence of heart failure or renal impairment, or during surgery or postoperatively. In these conditions, chloride loss often exceeds sodium loss. Hypertonic sodium chloride injections are also used in the management of hyponatremia and hypochloremia resulting from administration of sodium-free fluids during fluid and electrolyte therapy; in the management of extreme dilution of extracellular fluid following excessive water intake (e.g., that resulting from multiple enemas or perfusion of irrigating solutions into open venous sinuses during transurethral prostatic resections); and in the emergency treatment of severe sodium chloride depletion resulting from excess sweating, vomiting, diarrhea, and other conditions.

Sodium chloride injections are also used as pharmaceutical aids and diluents for the infusion of compatible drug additives. Bacteriostatic sodium chloride injection is used as a diluent; however, the compatibility of the antimicrobial agent(s) contained in bacteriostatic sodium chloride injection and the particular drug that is to be dissolved or diluted must be considered. Sodium chloride inhalation solution is used for inhalation via nebulization, for dilution of compatible drugs for nebulization, and for tracheal lavage and irrigation.