On Wed 23 Jan 2008 06:44:16p, Dan Abel told us...

> In article >,
> Goomba38 > wrote:
>
>> Kent wrote:
>>
>> > I've never heard of an intervenous saline solution with a NaCl
>> > concentration greater than .9%. Is there such a thing?
>> >
>> Yes, but it is very unusual to use those.
>
> I'm pretty sure the bags all said .9%.
>
> I don't know what my sodium level was while in the ER, as they didn't
> tell me the numbers, just that my body chemistry, as measured by my
> blood chemistry, was all messed up.
>
> Two days after the ER, the web page showed my blood test sodium to be
> 129 mEq/L, with normal defined as 133-145*mEq/L. I have no idea how to
> relate these numbers to the .9%. I would be interested if you know.
>

Anything at all like the 7% Solution? :-)

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Wayne Boatwright

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