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An accident victim lost a lot of blood and was rushed to the emergency room.In the emergency room,the first thing the doctors did was replace lost fluids by giving an IV of pure water.But this caused the patient to die.Propose a reason why the patient died.

An accident victim lost a lot of blood and was rushed to the emergency room.In the emergency room,the first thing the doctors did was replace lost fluids by giving an IV of pure water.But this caused the patient to die.Propose a reason why the patient died.

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Pure water is hypotonic to the...

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