
CHAPTER
7
C~stalloid
So
lutions
...
""
of
.hock
or in >cute
NIldi,;o".
ilia, may ",sui, in
.hod
.Ute>,
including
seve
..
dehyd ... ,ioo. diabe,ic kctoa<idosi •. bum>. and od",nal in,ufficiency."
Complicali""" a."",ialOO "'ilb
o,orzealoo.
infusion
of
»line
may include
fluK!
,,,,.,,rload. hypokalemia aud dilutioo
of
OIher key elec,rolyte
•.
and
hyperchl""'mic ocioo.i •. '
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81
\ I",bcalioo, for I""""ribing
LV
.
infugoo.
of
half_normal >aline (i.e
.•
0,
45
%
NS)
genenlly
"""
1
,,,
around NIldit
;o".
,hat ",suit in
~lIu
l
ar
dehydratioo,
Eump
le.
of
oondi
,ioo.
that might
"""It
in
cellulardehydn
tion include
o',enealou,
use
of
diu""",
a
gon"
...
c
...
i,',
'''''iting.
and
h)'pe'llly~mic
h),pe",>"",I
...
oonketOlic
coma,"
," Ca-nplicat
ion.
lllat may
ari",
from infu
.ion
of
half_normal
..
line include hypo
......
mi. and cellul
...
,,,,.crhyd,,,'ion and >welling."
Hypenooic
><>dium
chlOfide
I.V,
..,Iu,ioo> (e,g"
3%
NS) are I""scribed
most
commonly
'0
tre
., ..,,'ere hyponatremia
th
. , may re,ult from
reml
f.ilu",.
exce
..
i
,',
di~i
..
or
..
",,»i
..
in
take
of
free water.
Paticn"
"'00
recei
,',
infu,i"",
of
hypenoo",
""lium
ohlOfide are
..
heightel><d ri.k
of
"'fforing
cirrulatory overload. This ..,Iution
abo
irritate> peripher:al
ve
i
llS
and should be
odmini.tere<l .lo",ly to pre>on, both venou. irritation and circu
lat
ory
o,orload,"
DEXTROSE
SOLUTIONS
Dextrose_b.sed
cryrulloili
leud to be composed
of
"arying amounts
of
<lextrose
in
free "
..
te!.
1he
most
""I'IUTlOIlly
I""scribed dextrose-based ..,Iution
i.
5% dextrose
in walor
(D,W), A> discu.oed
1"",,,,
....
1),.
D,W
i,
>II
i""""ic
..,Iution "'ith
>II
osmolality
of
280
mOomlL.
Howe",r
, once the
<lex
,,,,,,,,
di""I"ed
in this
..,
Iution
is metabolized
by
the body cell •. the freo wator that remain. from
,he
original
solution heha
...
like • hypotonic ..,Iution, Indioati"", for
I.
V.
infugon
of
thi
,
solu,ion therefore i
nc
lude h)'pewslOOlar
...
""
and hypematr<mi
..
"
1he
<Ie.trose
in
this ..,Iutioo
I"""ide.
minimal c.
1oric
ron"'n
t (170 l
c.l/L)
that may help to
..
'on
ket
",i,
in p>ti.nts woo are NPO,
1he
<lextrose
.1",
"''''''
. to f""ilitate the'r:an.pon
of
pota
..
ium from the
extJre
liul:u in'o the
intJrellu
l:u environment, therroy
promooing electrolyte
bolaoce
in
both the ICF and ECF com
p.
rtments,"
1here
Ill. other <Ie.trose-based ..,Iu,ioo>
of
,,,,iable roocent ... tioo dis..,I,...!
in
free
wa
to
r.
including.
fC4"
i
..
ta~.
10%
de""""
in
wator
(D
~
W) and '\0%
de.trose
in
,,',"r
(D" W), n..
..
..,Iu,i
on.
tend to hehave
..
highly h),pertonic
",
Iution>
,,'hen
first infused and gener:ally ore
odmini>1ore<l
foI the treatment ofh),poglyc.mia,
Bee. use dextrose
_ba
sed ..,Iutions tend
'0
be
quite ocidic. wi
th
pH
..
I"",
that
"'ng
. from 3,4 to 4,0.
<boy
C>ll
irri
....
peripher:al ,
..
in>
wOen
,hey
....
infuoed,
Complications that may occur •
••
r"",1t
of
LV
.
in
f Ugon
of
de.
tr"",,_
b=d
i
nfu,ion,
include hype'lllycemi., hyponatremi
•.
and "
..
ter in'o.ic>1ioo, In oddition. highly
ronc.nt
.....
d <lex""", ..,Iu,ioo> may <au""
an
"""""ic
diu",.i.
"'
i
'h
",suiting
dehydration,
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