There are three specific types of dehydration: isonatremic, hypernatremia, and hyponatremic. While isonatremic occurs when the body loses the same amount of fluids as sodium, hyponatremic dehydration ...

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Posted in Second Opinion A cautionary tale about advice to ‘drink plenty of fluids’ when sick ...

A meta-analysis was conducted to assess the risks of developing hyponatremia (pNa<136mmol/L), severe hyponatremia (pNa<130mmol/L), and hypernatremia (pNa>145mmol/L).

Hypernatremia or high sodium levels can be harmful to the body, which could lead to fluid retention, high blood pressure, dehydration, kidney damage and heart issues,” explains Emerson ...

To evaluate the relationship between enteral water infusion for hypernatremia and significant intestinal morbidity in infants ⩽1000 grams. This is a retrospective study of 321 infants ⩽1000 g ...

For hypernatremia and P-Na at a PNA of 2–4 d, possible explanatory variables tested were: Sodium supply, provided fluid volume, percent weight change, GA, BW, BW standard deviation scores (SDS ...

Hospitalized children receiving hypotonic maintenance IV fluids had significantly higher ... There were no significant differences between the 2 fluids and the risk for hypernatremia (RR, 0. ...

To the Editor: Hypernatremia complicating the therapy of hypercalcemia with sodium sulfate, as described by Drs. Heckman and Walsh in the May 11 issue of the Journal, has also been noted recently ...

In a study of 4265 adults hospitalized with severe hypernatremia (serum sodium 155 mmol/L or higher), 343 (8.0%) had fast correction rates exceeding 0.5 mmol/L/h, whereas the rest had slower rates.

A study by researchers from Fujita University reveals that hypernatremia enhances NFAT5 and NO production in microglia and minocycline mitigates this response. The image above is a schematic ...

Pre-liver transplant (LTx) hyponatremia does not affect post-LTx survival, but hypernatremia is a significant risk factor for post-LTx mortality.