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hypernatremia

[¦hī·pər·nə′trē·mē·ə]

(medicine)

Excessive amounts of sodium in the blood.

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In cases of hypernatraemia, 33 out of 38 cases occurred within 2nd to 5th day (86.

Serum sodium and potassium profile in adult head injury patients and its effect on final outcome

Rapid correction of hypernatraemia may lead to central myelinosis, and it is an alternative cause of neurological deterioration.

Fatal encephalopathy complicating persistent vomiting in pregnancy: importance of clinical awareness on the part of healthcare professionals

Correction of hypernatraemia was started with a calculated rate of ORS of 15 mL per hour through nasogastric tube, and the correction of hypocalcaemia was tried with 10% calcium gluconate injection (0.

Use of only oral rehydration salt solution for successful management of a young infant with serum sodium of 201 mmol/L in an urban diarrhoeal diseases hospital, Bangladesh

Although there have been prospective studies investigating the incidence of hypernatraemia in elderly subjects [29, 30], there are few prospective studies which have tried to determine the overall prevalence and incidence of dehydration in older people.

Individuality and responsiveness of biochemical indices of dehydration in hospitalized elderly patients

Hypernatraemia is not uncommon in infants, especially when they are born prematurely, because their renal functions are not optimised at birth and higher water molecules secretion in comparison to the elimination of the sodium ions, can be noticed upon analysing the sodium levels in their plasma.

Nutritional status of low birth weight infants in Makkah region: Evaluation of anthropometric and biochemical parameters

Most concerns arise from the belief that bottled water contains excessive salt and can lead to hypernatraemia and dehydration in infants.

Is bottled water really unsafe for making up infant formula?

We examined the child to confirm brain death when polyuria and hypernatraemia appeared, nearly 24 hours after the first cardiac arrest.

Barotrauma during apnoea testing for brain death determination in a five-year-old boy

Joshua died three days later from hypernatraemia - abnormally high levels of sodium in the blood.

Young mother on anti-depressants 'killed baby with overdose of salt'

Concentrations of sodium (from 30 mmol/L to 90 mmol/L) appeared to be equally safe and effective for treating acute gastroenteritis as evidenced by little to no difference in hypernatraemia or hyponatreamia across the study groups.

Safety and Efficacy of Oral Rehydration Therapy for the Treatment of Diarrhea and Gastroenteritis in Pediatrics

Hyperkalaemia and hypernatraemia were rare and were due to reversible acute renal failure and to diarrhoea, respectively.

Post-operative electrolyte imbalance: its incidence and prognostic implications for elderly orthopaedic patients

Hypernatraemia was defined as a serum sodium concentration > 145 mmol/L.

Correlation of hyponatraemia in children with lower respiratory tract infection--an institutional observational study

The potential complications of sodium bicarbonate administration include volume overload, especially in patients with renal or cardiac function impairment, hypernatraemia, hypokalaemia, hypocalcaemia and alkalosis.