Hypertonic saline for hyponatremia: Risk of inadvertent overcorrection

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1110-1117

  Mohmand, Hashim K ^a,d   Issa, Dany ^b   Ahmad, Zubair ^c   Cappuccio, Joseph D ^c   Kouides, Ruth W ^c   Sterns, Richard H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ROCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHWARTZ BARTTER SYNDROME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; INAPPROPRIATE ADH SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; SODIUM;

EID: 38449086577     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.00910207     Document Type: Review

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