Tag: Dextrose injection

A 40% dextrose solution is a hypertonic fluid sometimes used in emergency medicine to treat severe hypoglycemia. Preparing this concentrated solution requires precise measurements and sterile technique to ensure accuracy and safety, whether for a controlled laboratory experiment or a clinical application.

While a 5% glucose solution, also known as Dextrose 5% in Water (D5W), appears to be isotonic when measured in a laboratory, its physiological effect inside the body is fundamentally different due to rapid glucose metabolism.