Explain what isotonic IV fluid is & its purpose.
Introduction - Human Body contains around 60 % of water. All the part of the body contains fluid, most of the water contain in brain and minimum in adipose tissue.
There are mainly two water compartment in the human body-
1) Intracellular Fluid - The fluid present inside the cells are called intracellular fluid. It constitute most of the fluid part that is 67%. Example is cytosol.
2) Extra Cellular Fluid- The fluid present outside the cells that is the interstitial fluid. it constitute around 23% of total body fluid. The major portion of extracellular fluid is blood plasma.
Water Balance - Water balance is the balance maintained by the body when the gained of fluid is equal to fluid loss.
| Daily water intake | 1200 |
| Water gained from diet | 1200 |
| Water through metabolism | 300 |
| Total Water Intake | 2700 |
| Water Loss in Urine | 1500 |
| Water loss in stool | 50 |
| Insensible water loss through skin and lungs | 1150 |
| Total Fluid Loss | 2700 |
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