NSG 3325 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Hypernatremia, Intravenous Sugar Solution, Fluid Replacement
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Isotonic solutions: go into the vascular space and stay there! (examples: ns, lr, d5w, d51/4ns) They can cause fve, or hypertension: hypernatremia is an alert only when administering isotonic solutions that contain sodium, hypotonic solutions go in the vascular space then shift out into the cells to replace cellular fluid. They rehydrate but do not cause hypertension (examples: d2. 5w, 1/2ns, 0. 33%ns): uses: the client who has hypertension, renal or cardiac disease and needs fluid replacement because of nausea, vomiting, burns, hemorrhage, etc. Monitor in an icu setting with frequent monitoring of blood pressure pulse, and cvp, especially if they are receiving 3% ns or 5% ns.
