water iv fluids?what kind of water is inside?!
Question: Water iv fluids?what kind of water is inside?
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Depends on the bag.
The most commonly is Normal Saline. That's a 0.9% NaCl solution, i.e. 9 grams of sodium chloride dissolved in 1 litre of pure water.
It can come in weaker or stonger solutions for specific purposes.
Also commonly used is 5% dextrose, which is 50g of dextrose in 1 litre of pure water- this can also come in stonger solutions, generally used if someone has low blood sugar.
More complex iv fluids include Hartmann's solution (CSL) which contains:
131 mEq of sodium ion = 131 mmol/L.
111 mEq of chloride ion = 111 mmol/L.
29 mEq of lactate = 29 mmol/L.
5 mEq of potassium ion = 5 mmol/L.
4 mEq of calcium ion = 2 mmol/L .
and Ringers Lactate, which is very similar:
130 mEq of sodium ion = 130 mmol/L
109 mEq of chloride ion = 109 mmol/L
28 mEq of lactate = 28 mmol/L
4 mEq of potassium ion = 4 mmol/L
3 mEq of calcium ion = 1.5 mmol/L
There are also colloid solutions, but I won't go there right now.
Saline, it is a mix of water and salts