True about citrate in ORS
Correct Answer: Increases shelf
Description: In WHO ORS, sodium bicarbonate has been replaced by trisodium citrate: –
Makes the product more stable –
Results in less stool output (especially in high-output diarrhoea like cholera) as it increases intestinalabsorption of sodium and water
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