Do you have different 24 hour serum sodium correction targets for patients with severe, moderate, and mild hyponatremia?
Do you have different 24-hour serum sodium correction targets based on the severity of hyponatremia?
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It is known that overly rapid correction is significantly more likely to cause osmotic demyelination syndrome (ODS) in patients with more severe hyponatremia, particularly when initial serum sodium is ≤105 mmol/L. Since transcellular water movement is mediated by changes in osmolality across the cell membrane, a given increase in serum osmolality will induce greater transcellular water shift in patients with lower serum osmolality. Current evidence recommends that correction of hyponatremia should be less than 6 to 8 mmol/L in a 24-hour period. In patients with severe hyponatremia and significantly low serum osmolality, I would limit the rate of correction to 6 mmol/L rather than 8 mmol/L in 24 hours.
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