Obesity is a term that means you weigh at least 20% more than what is considered a normal weight for your height. It makes you more likely to have conditions including: Heart disease and stroke.
An Isotonic Solution creates a mild, less concentrated salt solution of 9mg of Sodium Chloride per mL of water, which has a similar salt concentration as your body and may be more comfortable to use for some people initially compated to the more concentrated Hypertonic solution.
3% Saline (a hypertonic solution) A patient with cerebral edema would be ordered a HYPERTONIC solution to decrease brain swelling. The solution would remove water from the brain cells back into the vascular to be excreted. 3% Saline is the only hypertonic option. _______ solutions cause cell dehydration and help increase fluid in the extracellular space. D5W solutions are sometimes considered a hypotonic solution as well as an isotonic solution because after the body metabolizes the dextrose the solution acts as a hypotonic solution.