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Explain why it is essential that fluids used in intravenous injections have approximately the same osmotic pressure as blood.
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Osmotic pressure is the pressure that needs to be applied to a solution to prevent the inward flow of water across a semipermeable membrane. It is also defined as the measure of the tendency of water to move into one solution from another by osmosis. The process Show more…
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