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it is hypotonic

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"0.45% NaCl (half-normal saline solution); since normal saline is 0.9% NaCl, any solution less than 9% is hypotonic".

Doesn't this mean that 10% is hypertonic?

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Is 10 percent NaCl hypertonic or hypotonic to red blood cells?

It is hypotonic.


Is 10 percent glucose solution hypertonic?

No. Everything below 0.9% of NaCl is hypotonic and every solution with concentration over 0.9% is hypertonic solution.  Isotonic solution (to blood) is the one that has 0.9% of NaCl, or some other concentration of another compound. 


What term would you use to describe the tonicity of 0.9 percent NACL for red blood cells?

Isotonic


What is an isotonic solution used for?

An IV solution should be isotonic to the blood so that the injected solution does not disrupt the fluid balance in the patient. If the solution is hypertonic, the patient may become dehydrated as the solution pulls water out of the patient's body tissues and into the blood stream. This can also cause severe problems with high blood pressure, as the blood volume can increase dramatically from this. If the solution is hypotonic, the patient may become edematous as the solution diffuses into the patient's body tissues. This can also cause severe problems with dependent edema and electrolyte loss. However, in some cases a doctor will deliberately choose a hypertonic or hypotonic solution for IV injection in certain medical emergencies.


What kind of solution is sugar water hypotonic or hypertonic?

Hypertonic for human blood fluid means that more than 0.9% NaCl is present (as only solute).This is 9 grams per liter divided by 58.5 grams per mole NaCl or 0.154 moles Na+ AND 0.154 moles Cl- per liter = total of 0.308 moles dissolved particles as hypertonicity.The same hypertonicity is reached with 0.308 / 3 = 0.103 moles CaCl2 per liter (3 particle ions per molecule)

Related questions

Is saline plus bicarbonate a isotonic or hypertonic solution?

Sterility doesn't imply an isotonic, hypotonic, or hypertonic state. Pure water though is hypotonic, when compared to blood.


What concentration are most intravenous solutions- are they hypertonic isotonic or hypotonic?

Isotonic, because that is close to the concentration in the blood.


Is 10 percent NaCl isotonic hypertonic or hypotpnic to red blood cells?

A hypotonic solution will be anything with less than 0.9% salt.


Is 10 percent NaCl hypertonic or hypotonic to red blood cells?

It is hypotonic.


What term would be applied to each of the blood cells?

I think those the effects of Osmosis which are: Isotonic, hypotonic, and hypertonic solutions.


Is 10 percent glucose solution hypertonic?

No. Everything below 0.9% of NaCl is hypotonic and every solution with concentration over 0.9% is hypertonic solution.  Isotonic solution (to blood) is the one that has 0.9% of NaCl, or some other concentration of another compound. 


What you would administer hypertonic isotonic and hypotonic solution for?

Hypertonic solutions contain higher concentrations of various dilutes than blood, Isotonic solutions contain the same concentrations, and Hypotonic solutions contain less of its dilute components than blood. As such, you might deliver hypertonic saline to a patient who is electrolytically depleted, an isotonic to a patient whose blood chemistry is good but is hypovolemic, and a hypotonic like D5W to a dehydrated patient whose electrolytes are very high in spite of the dehydration. It's a way of adding fluids and trying to balance the blood chemistry at the same time.


Is isotonic better than hypotonic and hypertonic?

Yes if you are speaking about use with blood. An isotonic solution has the same concentration of specific elements as you blood preventing cellular damage. If you used a hypertonic solution all the water would leave the cell and it would crenate. If you use a hypotonic solution water would move into the cell quickly and the cell would burst (lyse).


What is a hypertonic solution in a cell?

Hypertonic solution: A solution with a higher sailt concentration than in normal cells of the body and the blood. As opposed to an isotonic isolution or a hypotonic solution. Follow medicine dictionary.


Which of the 3 intravenous solutions isotonic hypotonic hypertonic has more electrolytes andor glucose content - please differentiate the three solutions based on the mentioned content?

Hypertonic solutions have more electrolytes....HYPER meaning greater/more/excessive. Hypotonic have the least electrolyes. Isotonic have the similar electroly (osmolality) as blood. Meaning if you give isotonic solutions, the fluid will saty in the vessels and not move fluids around. Hypertonic solutions will move water from the cells into the vessels (extracellualr) and hypotonic solution will move water from fluid from the vessels into the cells. Glucose is usually an iso or hypertonic solution, but there are different % of glucose in every solution. D5W is an isotonic solution.


Why transfusion fluids are made isotonic with blood plasma?

Expand blood volume to help a fluid deficit. Isotonic is used because they don't move water in or out of the cell- meaning they are most compatible with human blood as opposed to hypertonic and hypotonic solutions.


What are Examples of isotonic fluid?

Normal saline is an example of an isotonic fluid. It contains 0.9% salt in water.An isotonic solution is a solution that contains the same concentration of solutes (dissolved particles) as blood. Isotonic saline is an example. Isotonic saline is a solution with the same concentration of salts as human blood.