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Textbook Solutions for General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry: Structures of Life

Chapter 2 Problem 90CQ

Question

A patient receives 2500 mL of an IV solution containing 5 g of glucose per 100 mL. How much energy, in kilojoules and kilocalories, does the patient obtain from glucose, a carbohydrate?

Solution

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Kilojoules represents a unit employed to estimate energy. The kilojoules in food are concerned with the carbohydrates, fats and proteins. Foods comprising significant amount of fats, sugars or alcohols possess more kilojoules.

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Title General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry: Structures of Life 4 
Author Karen C. Timberlake
ISBN 9780321750891

A patient receives 2500 mL of an IV solution containing 5

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