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Internist | Nephrologist in México and Host ☄ @MD_Impacto podcast. #Na+, #POCUS, #ClinicalReasoning, #NSMC2019, #DiuresisJedi
Mar 23, 2019 16 tweets 8 min read
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In this #tweetorial of #FluidWars

We will try to expose the physiological irrationality of Normal Saline (NS).
IV FLUIDS are ubiquitous. They’re the most common inpatient intervention. The most used solution in the world is Ab-Normal Saline.

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IV fluids bypass the gut, sometimes overrule the kidney and reach into our precious body fluids. Mixing and changing their physical chemical properties alike the administered fluid.

Fluids should be considered drugs and prescribed for specific indications, doses, targets.