On Jan 23, 8:44�pm, Dan Abel > wrote:
> 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.


Hmm, kashering mode... they were turning you into a pastrami! LOL

SHELDON