Patients Who Enter the Emergency Room Dehydrated Are Usually Given

Multiple Choice

Patients who enter the emergency room dehydrated are usually given sterile saline solution intravenously. The solution administered is isotonic to prevent cell damage. What would happen if the solution was hypertonic? Paired item 1)

A) Hypertonic solutions have the same osmotic pressure as that within cells so crenation can occur.
B) Hypertonic solutions have a lower osmotic pressure than that within cells so crenation can occur.
C) Hypertonic solutions have a higher osmotic pressure than that within cells so crenation can occur.