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D5W or Dextrose 5% Water is indicated for: * Rehydration * Provides calories for some metabolic needs (100ml provides 5g dextrose) -- useful in traumas when there's a shock related calorie burn. * By adding carbohydrates, reduces metabolism of proteins for calorie uptake. * May produce diuresis. * Used for keeping an IV catheter open, and providing a means of piggybacking meds into the system IV. Note that emergency services more typically use normal saline or ringers lactate.
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What is 5 percent Dextrose?
it called 5 % Dextrose because contains 5 gram of Dextrose / 100ml of Water (5% Dextrose in Water)
What percent of dextrose solution is iso-osmotic?
5% in pure water
How many ml of 50 percent dextrose solution and how many ml of water are needed to prepare 4.5 L of a 1 percent solution?
90 ml of dextrose and 4.41 litres of water.
What medication that crystalized when mixed with Dextrose 5 percent water?
benzyl penicillin
What is 5 dextrose in water?
5% dextrose
What happens when you mix red blood cells with dextrose water for transfusion?
clumping hemolysisDextrose % percent can alter red cell permeability and cause hemolysis
What is a D5W IV?
It is the solution Dextrose 5% in water
What is another word for glucose when it is man made for IV use?
Dextrose is used to describe glucose when manmade for IV use. D5W is an abbreviation for 5% dextrose in water, a common IV solution.
What does the medical abbreviation D5W mean?
Dextrose 5% In Water (IV)
An example of hypertonic?
corn syrup ------ Dextrose solution in water , 10 % concentration
How do you prepare potato dextrose broth?
add 20 grams of dextrose and 4 grams of potato starch to one litre of water. mix the ingredients with agitation. autoclave for 20 minutes at 121 degrees celsius
How 10 percent DNS was prepared?
You have 100 grams of pure dextrose and 9 grams of pure sodium chloride added to one liter of distilled water. The solution is sterilized and packed in polypropylene or polyethylene bottles.
