The osmotic shift.
Water, the medium in which most cellular reactions take place, constitutes approximately 60% of the total weight in adults. This article discusses the complexities of shifts among the intravascular, interstitial, and intracellular compartments, and administration of hypotonic, isotonic, and hypertonic solutions.
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Waynesburg College in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, USA.
D018495:Fluid Shifts / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D006982:Hypertonic Solutions; D007038:Hypotonic Solutions; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous / Q000451:nursing; D007552:Isotonic Solutions; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D014882:Water-Electrolyte Balance
D006982:Hypertonic Solutions; D007038:Hypotonic Solutions; D007552:Isotonic Solutions