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2. Saline (medicine) - Wikipedia

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   Saline solution for irrigation. Normal saline (NSS, NS or N/S) is the commonly used phrase for a solution of 0.90% w/v of NaCl, 308 mOsm/L or 9.0 g per liter. Less commonly, this solution is referred to as physiological saline or isotonic saline (because it is approximately isotonic to blood serum, which makes it a physiologically normal solution).

3. Tonicity - Wikipedia

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   A hypertonic solution has a greater concentration of non-permeating solutes than another solution. [2] In biology, the tonicity of a solution usually refers to its solute concentration relative to that of another solution on the opposite side of a cell membrane ; a solution outside of a cell is called hypertonic if it has a greater ...

4. Volume expander - Wikipedia

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   The most commonly used crystalloid fluid is normal saline, a solution of sodium chloride at 0.9% concentration, which is close to the concentration in the blood . [3] Ringer's lactate or Ringer's acetate is another isotonic solution often used for large-volume fluid replacement. The choice of fluids may also depend on the chemical properties of ...

5. Ringer's lactate solution - Wikipedia

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   Ringer's lactate solution (RL), also known as sodium lactate solution, Lactated Ringer's (LR), and Hartmann's solution, is a mixture of sodium chloride, sodium lactate, potassium chloride, and calcium chloride in water. [1] It is used for replacing fluids and electrolytes in those who have low blood volume or low blood pressure. [2]

6. US hospitals strained by IV fluid supply limits after Helene ...

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   Hospitals across the United States are rationing critical intravenous fluids and postponing some surgeries as the national supply chain continues to reel from severe disruptions triggered by ...

7. Michigan hospitals brace for IV fluid, dialysis solution ...

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   A major supplier of IV fluids and peritoneal dialysis solutions closed because of hurricane damage, and Michigan hospitals are feeling the effects.

8. Osmotherapy - Wikipedia

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   Hypertonic saline solution has been choice of neuro critical care for the past few years. [1] Hypertonic Saline solution used varies and could be 3%, 7.5%, 10%, or 24.3% saline solution. [5] When Hypertonic Solution is administered, the dosage is 2 g/kg. [6]

9. Oral rehydration therapy - Wikipedia

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   In 1831, William Brooke O'Shaughnessy noted the changes in blood composition and loss of water and salt in the stool of people with cholera and prescribed intravenous fluid therapy (IV fluids). The prescribing of hypertonic IV therapy decreased the mortality rate of cholera to 40%, from 70%. In the West, IV therapy became the "gold standard ...