A patient was severely dehydrated, losing a large amount of fluid. The patient was given intravenous fluids of normal saline. Normal saline is ________ to your blood cells and is about ________ NaCl.

A. isotonic; 9%
B. hypertonic; 9%
C. isotonic; 0.9%
D. hypotonic; 9%
E. hypotonic; 0.9%


Answer: C

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