Med Surg 324 UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Insensible Water LossFluid loss that can not easily be measured. Including sweat, tears, weepy wounds, exhalation and water excretion in the stool. Osmolarity and OsmolalityBoth are 270-300 mOsm/L Isotonic IV solutionsConcentration of solutes in IV is equal to solute concentration in the blood. Between 270-300 mOsm/L, 0.9% saline. Hypertonic IV solutionsConcentration of solutes in the IV are greater than the solutes in the blood. >300 mOsm/L, 3% or 5% saline. Parenteral nutrition solutions as well. Hypotonic IV solutionsConcentration of solutes in the IV are less than the solutes in the blood. <270 mosm/L, 0.45% saline.
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