5% glucose in water Types of glucose/dextrose include: *D5W (5% dextrose in water), which consists of 278 mmol/L dextrose *D5NS (5% dextrose in normal saline), which, in addition, contains normal saline (0.9% w/v of NaCl). *D5 1/2NS 5% dextrose in half amount of normal saline (0.45% w/v of NaCl). *D5LR (5% dextrose in lactated Ringer<unk>  * D50 – 50% dextrose in water The percentage is a mass percentage (or more precisely, a mass-volume percentage), so a 5% glucose/dextrose<unk>  contains 50 g/L of glucose/dextrose (5g/100ml). Glucose provides energy 4 kcal/gram, so a 5% glucose<unk>  provides 0.2 kcal/ml. If prepared from dextrose monohydrate, which provides 3.4 kcal/gram, a 5%<unk>  provides 0.17 kcal/ml.
Intravenous sugar solution
Inhalable insulin
Liquid diet
Blood transfusion
Oral medicine
Clinical nutrition
Parenteral nutrition
Syrup of ipecac