Misunderstandings about Tonicity and Osmolality Can Lead to Patient Harm.

Can J Hosp Pharm

, MD, SM, FRCPC, is Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Published: September 2023

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