Is d5w hypotonic, iso or hypertonic?
And would you give it to a person with diabetes inspidus?
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If you ask a chemist, it's isotonic; if you ask a clinical physician, it's hypotonic, because that's how it functions when it's infused. Its use isn't contraindicated, but contained by the unusual event that there's a need for fluid resuscitation in the presence of hypernatremia, it isn't the first fliud you go for; run of the mill saline is, in that circumstance, relatively hypotonic compared to the patient's serum.
Isotonic, and No.
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If you ask a chemist, it's isotonic; if you ask a clinical physician, it's hypotonic, because that's how it functions when it's infused. Its use isn't contraindicated, but contained by the unusual event that there's a need for fluid resuscitation in the presence of hypernatremia, it isn't the first fliud you go for; run of the mill saline is, in that circumstance, relatively hypotonic compared to the patient's serum.
Isotonic, and No.
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