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1. NS vs USDA Salt Intake

   jclemenzi replied to jclemenzi's topic in Student Assist

   YES! that is what i was overlooking: Na: sodium NaCl: one form of salt And a second yes! NS is not going from the GI to liver to systemic vessels like something PO is; it is going straight into systemic vessels. I will assume that sodium PO has a...

2. NS vs USDA Salt Intake

   jclemenzi posted a topic in Student Assist

   Normal Saline has 9grams of NaCl per 1 liter. A common rate of infusion is 100-150mL/hr. As an example: a patient is getting 100mL/hr over 24hrs. In other words, the patient will receive 21.6grams of NaCl within the 2.4L of Normal Saline being admin...