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How low can you go? Severe hyponatremia with a sodium of 94 mg/dL corrected with proactive strategy
- Source :
- Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, Vol 10, Iss 5, Pp 460-461 (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Greater Baltimore Medical Center, 2020.
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Abstract
- We present a case of severe symptomatic hyponatremia (94 mEq/L) in a male patient who presented with nausea, vomiting, and multiple falls. The patient was found with symptomatic hypo-osmolar hypovolemic hyponatremia secondary to volume loss from vomiting, diuretic use, and consumption of solute-free water. To manage such a severely hyponatremic patient, concomitant 3% hypertonic saline and DDAVP were initiated with successful slow and sustained correction of sodium without complications of osmotic demyelination syndrome.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20009666
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.868b1dd5a77d425cbabc8d36e76c0534
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2020.1809928