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Explain why it is essential that fluids used in intravenous injections have approximately the same osmotic pressure as blood. 

   Explain why it is essential that fluids used in intravenous injections have approximately the same osmotic pressure as blood.
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00:01 So for iv, it's very important that the liquids that are put inside your body, they must have the same osmotic pressure as your blood.
00:12 Okay? why is that the case? well, imagine here's a blood cell, and it's just swimming in your blood.
00:22 And everything has the same osmotic pressure, because the liquids inside the blood cells, if they had different concentration than the exterior, then you would have a osmotic flow that would either go out of the cell if the concentration outside is greater.
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