Tuesday, July 27, 2010

IV salt loads

That occasional hospitalized patients gain 20 to 40 pounds and cannot get rid  of it, remains a mystery.  A London doctor in 1700 noted sick void 1/11 of the solids that healthy adults do.  Hospital patients get 20 salt tablets in each IV.  Body holds one liter to dilute that salt.

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