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11 years ago
A patient is coming into the emergency department with third-degree burns over 25% of his body. The nurse should prepare which of the following solutions for intravenous infusion for this patient?
1. warmed lactated Ringer’s
2. 5% dextrose in water
3. 5% dextrose in 0.45 normal saline
4. 5% dextrose in normal saline
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11 years ago
1 -- Warmed Ringer’s lactate solution is the intravenous fluid most widely used during the first 24 hours after a burn injury because it most closely approximates the body’s extracellular fluid composition.
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