Question

a patient was severely dehydrated, losing a large amount of fluid. the patient was given intravenous fluids of normal saline. normal saline is ______ to your blood cells and is about ______ nacl. multiple choice hypotonic, 9% hypertonic, 9% hypotonic, 0.9% isotonic, 9% isotonic, 0.9%

Explanation:

Normal saline has the same osmotic pressure as blood cells, so it is isotonic. The concentration of NaCl in normal - saline is about 0.9%.

Answer:

E. isotonic, 0.9%