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. 2020 Jul 3;23(4):405–410. doi: 10.5223/pghn.2020.23.4.405

Table 1. Chemical analysis of oral rehydration salts reconstituted with water.

Composition of salts Amount of water used for reconstitution (mL)
50 200
pH 6.8 7
Osmolarity (mOsm/kg) 992 244
Na (mEq/L) 176.5 42.5
K (mEq/L) 81.8 18.6
Cl (mEq/L) 134.3 27.6
Glucose (mg/dL) 9,451 2,533
Citric acid (mEq/L) 122.6 28.5

Chemical analysis was performed using the Cobas 8000 c702 Chemistry Autoanalyzer (Roche Diagnostics System, Basel, Switzerland).