NS Full Form in Medical term is Normal Saline. Intravenous solutions based on normal saline are standard fare in the medical field. It is an intravenous solution of a crystalloid fluid. It can be used to treat hydration and electrolyte problems in both adults and children. Different concentrations are available, with 0.9% and 0.45% being notably mentioned here.
The Food and Drug Administration has approved normal saline infusion for the following major indications:
It can also be used as a prime solution to start and stop blood transfusions and in other treatments (such as hemodialysis). As a pharmaceutic aid and diluent for the infusion of suitable medicinal additives, sodium chloride infusions have a wide range of potential applications.
An example of a crystalloid fluid is normal saline. Water with added electrolytes as well as other hydrophilic compounds are what this is called. Crystalloid fluids, unlike serum plasma, are isotonic, which is the primary justification for their usage in humans. There is little osmotic effect than with hypertonic or hypotonic fluids. Electrolytes (sodium & chloride ions) in normal saline dissolve in water.