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Serum potassium concentration and the effect of using distilled water as a
diluent for the concentrated intravenous solution of potassium chloride. (a)
Timescale graph showing stabilized and normalized potassium concentration
when diluting concentrated intravenous potassium chloride with distilled
water after it was diluted with oral rehydration solution (ORS). (b) The
mean serum concentration of potassium was significantly higher when
concentrated intravenous potassium chloride was diluted in distilled water
compared to concentrated intravenous potassium chloride diluted in the oral
rehydration solution (ORS).. The dashed line represents minimum normal concentration. Data presented as
mean +- SEM. Significance presented as *p   0.05 analysed
through paired Student's t-test (CI = 95%).
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Such a protocol was continued and showed less fluctuation in serum potassium concentration (Figure 1(a)), accompanied by a significant increase (p = 0.02) in potassium concentration, as shown in Figure 1(b).
Serum chloride concentration and the effect of using distilled water as a
diluent for the concentrated intravenous solution of potassium chloride. (a)
Timescale graph showing stabilized and normalized chloride concentration
when diluting concentrated intravenous potassium chloride with distilled
water after it was diluted with oral rehydration solution (ORS). (b) The
mean serum concentration of chloride was significantly higher when
concentrated intravenous potassium chloride was diluted in distilled water
when compared with concentrated intravenous potassium chloride diluted in
ORS. The dashed line represents minimum normal concentration.. Data presented as mean +- SEM. Significance presented as ** p
  0.01 analysed through paired Student's t-test (CI = 95%).
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Moreover, using distilled water as a diluent for IV concentrated KCl showed less fluctuation in serum chloride concentration (Figure 2(a)) accompanied by a significant increase (p = 0.004) in chloride concentration, as shown in Figure 2(b).
Serum sodium concentration and the effect of using distilled water as a
diluent for the concentrated intravenous solution of potassium chloride. (a)
Timescale graph showing stabilized and normalized sodium concentration when
diluting concentrated intravenous potassium chloride with distilled water
after it was diluted with oral rehydration solution (ORS). (b) The mean
serum concentration of sodium did not show significant difference when
concentrated intravenous potassium chloride was diluted in distilled water
when compared with concentrated intravenous potassium chloride diluted in
ORS. The dash-line represents minimum normal concentration.. Data presented as mean +- SEM analysed through paired Student's t-test (CI =
95%). Normalized potassium, chloride, and sodium concentrations culminated
in recovery and patient discharge from the hospital. The mother of the
patient was counselled to prepare KCl IV solution for oral
administration.
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Furthermore, using distilled water as a diluent for IV concentrated KCl showed less fluctuation in serum sodium concentration (Figure 3(a)) and an insignificant effect on sodium concentration as shown in Figure 3(b) (p = 0.06).