Elaine is pregnant, her water breaks and she and her husband  rush to the hospital. Contractions have begun and the pituitary gland is relesing hormonal oxytocin which increases the contractions even more causing more oxytocin to be released causing more rapid and intense contractions, etc. This cycle continues to occur untill birth. This is an example of 31: Betty is recoving from surgery and is retaining fluids in her tisses. She is administered an IV designed to draw the excess fluids out of the tissue and into the bloodstream which will deliver the fluids to the kidneys for excreation. What type of IV solution was

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25: Elaine is pregnant, her water breaks and she and her husband 
rush to the hospital. Contractions have begun and the pituitary gland is relesing hormonal oxytocin which increases the contractions even more causing more oxytocin to be released causing more rapid and intense contractions, etc. This cycle continues to occur untill birth. This is an example of

31: Betty is recoving from surgery and is retaining fluids in her tisses. She is administered an IV designed to draw the excess fluids out of the tissue and into the bloodstream which will deliver the fluids to the kidneys for excreation. What type of IV solution was administered?  

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Oxytocin is a hormone which is secreted by the posterior pituitary gland. Posterior pituitary gland is a part of pituitary gland which is located in the brain.  

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