New Nurse Podcast   /     What’s in your IV bag?

Description

Ever wondered what kind of fluids are hanging in your IV bag and why? Hopefully, this audio podcast will answer all of your questions about: Crystalloids Isotonic Solutions: Normal Saline, Lactated Ringers, D5W Hypotonic Solutions: D51/2 NS, .45% NS, D5W Hypertonic Solutions: D5NS, D5LR, 3% NS, 10%NS Colloids Hetastarch, Albumin, Mannitol, Dextran    

Summary

Ever wondered what kind of fluids are hanging in your IV bag and why? Hopefully, this audio podcast will answer all of your questions about: Crystalloids Isotonic Solutions: Normal Saline, Lactated Ringers, D5W Hypotonic Solutions: D51/2 NS, .45% NS, D5W Hypertonic Solutions: D5NS, D5LR, 3% NS, 10%NS Colloids Hetastarch, Albumin, Mannitol, Dextran

Subtitle
Ever wondered what kind of fluids are hanging in your IV bag and why? - Hopefully, this audio podcast will answer all of your questions about: Crystalloids Isotonic Solutions: Normal Saline, Lactated Ringers, D5W - Hypotonic Solutions: D51/2 NS, .
Duration
29:06
Publishing date
2011-12-30 07:33
Link
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ICUNurse/~3/C5SLyzTdtt8/
Contributors
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Enclosures
http://traffic.libsyn.com/newnurse/IVFluids.mp3
audio/mpeg

Shownotes

Ever wondered what kind of fluids are hanging in your IV bag and why?

Hopefully, this audio podcast will answer all of your questions about:

Crystalloids

Isotonic Solutions: Normal Saline, Lactated Ringers, D5W

Hypotonic Solutions: D51/2 NS, .45% NS, D5W

Hypertonic Solutions: D5NS, D5LR, 3% NS, 10%NS

Colloids

Hetastarch, Albumin, Mannitol, Dextran