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 isotonic, 9% isotonic, 0.9% hypotonic, 0.9% hypotonic, 9% hypertonic, 9%

Explanation:

Normal saline is isotonic to blood cells, meaning it has the same osmotic pressure. Its concentration of NaCl is about 0.9%.

Answer:

B. isotonic, 0.9%