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Solutions

Medical Definition:	The homogeneous mixtures formed by the mixing of a solid, liquid, or gaseous substance (solute) with a liquid (the solvent), from which the dissolved substances can be recovered by physical processes. (From Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)
Guide Notes:	IM for general only, qualif permitted; NIM (no qualif) when substance in solution is IM (with qualif); /adv eff permitted but be careful: it may be the adv eff of the substance in solution, not the "solution"

Solutions Categories.

	Contact Lens Solutions - Sterile solutions used to clean and disinfect contact lenses.
	Dialysis Solutions - Solutions prepared for exchange across a semipermeable membrane of solutes below a molecular size determined by the cutoff threshold of the membrane material.
	Hypertonic Solutions - Solutions that have a greater osmotic pressure than a reference solution such as blood, plasma, or interstitial fluid.
	Hypotonic Solutions - Solutions that have a lesser osmotic pressure than a reference solution such as blood, plasma, or interstitial fluid.
	Isotonic Solutions - Solutions having the same osmotic pressure as blood serum, or another solution with which they are compared. (From Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed & Dorland, 28th ed)
	Organ Preservation Solutions - Solutions used to store organs and minimize tissue damage, particulary while awaiting implantation.
	Rehydration Solutions - Fluids restored to the body in order to maintain normal water-electrolyte balance.

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