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What is your approach to determining the ideal starting dose of sodium chloride tablets when transitioning a patient with hyponatremia from a 3% sodium chloride infusion?

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Nephrology · UCLA

In the treatment of hyponatremia, the volume of an infusate necessary to induce a given change in plasma sodium concentration differs between hypovolemic hyponatremia and SIADH. In hypovolemic hyponatremia, the infused sodium and water are retained due to the volume depletion, resulting in positive ...

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