Sodium Flashcards
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Treatment Guidelines
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Normal Saline (0.9%) - isotonic or hyponatremic hypovolemia (154 mmol/L)
1/2 NS (0.45%, 0.33%) - hypernatremic hypovolemia/euvolemia
Hypertonic (3%) - severe symptomatic hyponatremia (5/3)
D5W (0.5% Dextrose) - euvolemic hypernatremia
25% HSA - volume expander to shift extravascular to intravascular compartment (acute hypotension)
