A patient is given an intravenous infusion of glucose solution that has a concentration of 25 grams of glucose per liter. If the infusion is given at a rate of 4 milliliters per minute, what is the mass flow of glucose into the body?
What will be an ideal response?
25 g glucose/1000 mL solution × 4 mL solution/min = 0.1 g glucose/min
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