Nursing Students Student Assist
Published Dec 8, 2014
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This is a part of a commonly used IV solutions table:
[TABLE=align: center]
[TR]
[TD]Name of Solution
[/TD]
[TD]Type of Solution
[TD]Ingredients in
1-Liter
[/TR]
[TD]0.45% Sodium Chloride
Shorthand Notation:
½NS
[TD]Hypotonic
pH 5.6
[TD]77 mEq Sodium
77 mEq Chloride
[TD]0.9% Sodium Chloride
NS
[TD]Isotonic
pH 5.7
[TD]154 mEq Sodium
154 mEq Chloride
[TD]3% Sodium Chloride
[TD]Hypertonic
pH 5.0
[TD]513 mEq Sodium
513 mEq Chloride
[TD]5% Sodium Chloride
pH 5.8
[TD]855 mEq Sodium
855 mEq Chloride
[/TABLE]
Why does the pH go "up, down, up" as NaCl conc. increases?
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