Question

Determine if the following commercial products are hypotonic, isotonic, or hypertonic: (Type hypotonic, isotonic, or hypertonic in the blank)

A saline enema containing 19 g of monobasic sodium phosphate (E=0.42) and 7 g of dibasic sodium phosphate (E=0.29) in a 118 mL of aqueous solution

1 A 100 mL parenteral infusion containing 20% (w/v) of mannitol (E=0.18)

2 A 500 mL parenteral containing D5W (dextrose 5% in water) (E=0.18)

3 An ophthalmic solution containing 40 mg/mL of cromolyn sodium (E=0.11) and 0.01% of benzalkonium chloride (E=0.16) in a 15 mL aqueous solution

Answer 1