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1
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What is hypernatremia?

A

Sodium over 145

2
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What are the 2 main phases of hypernatremia?

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Generation and maintenance

3
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What are 2 forms of generation phase of hypernatremia?

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  1. Loss of later
  2. Gain of salt (sodium ingestion via salt tabls and infant formula, mineralocorticoid excess, and iatrogenic via IV fluids, dialysis, tube feeds, and TPN)
4
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What are 2 forms of the maintenance phase of hypernatremia?

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  1. Failure to drink water

2. Inability to sense thirst

5
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Are hyper and hypo natremia issues with salt?

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NO they are issues with water

6
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General view of hypernatremia?

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Loss of water leading to dehydration

-If patient can take in H20 normally, it shoudl correct itself

7
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What is hypernatremia most often caused by?

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A loss of water either renal or extra renal

8
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What are 2 renal causes for loss of water leading to hypernatremia?

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  1. Diabetes insipidus

2. Osmotic diuresis

9
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What are the 2 types of diabetes insipidus?

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  1. Central

2. Nephrogenic

10
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Describe central DI?

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Inability of brain to release ADH

  • Caused by brain injury (iatrogenic (surgery), trauma, tumors, ischemic insults, infections)
  • Kidneys are normal
11
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Does central DI respond to ADH when supplied?

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YES

12
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Describe nephrogenic DI?

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Inability of kidney to respond to ADH

  • The collecting tubules are impermeable to water (can be caused by chronic lithium use, congenital, or demeclocycline)
  • Other causes of poor response to ADH include hypercalcemia, loop diuretics, hypokalemia, sickle cell
13
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What is the 1st step to diagnosing DI?

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Water restriction test…this differentiates psychogenic polydipsia, CDI, and NDA

14
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In the water restriction test, what is seen if the patient has hyponatremia due to psychogenic polydipsia?

A

There is a progressive increase in the urine osmolarity

15
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What is seen in the water restriction test if the patient has NDI or CDI?

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NOTHING…no change in urine osmolarity

16
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What will happen if you give ADH to someone with CDI?

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THe urine osmolarity will increase

17
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What will happen if you give ADH to someone with NDI?

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No change in urine osmolarity

18
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What will happen if you give ADH to someone with psychogenic polydipsia?

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No change in urine osmolarity

19
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What is the treatment for psychogenic polydipsia?

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STOP DRINKING

20
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What is the treatment for CDI?

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DDAVP (desmopressin)

21
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What is the treatment for NDI?

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Diuretics…thiazide with K-sparing will increase water resorption in ADH independent regions of the kidney

22
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What are 3 causes of osmotic diuresis?

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  1. Hyperglycemia
  2. Post-obstructive (can’t void… like in BPH)
  3. Mannitol: Diuretic that makes you pee a lot… have to keep up with fluid intake
23
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Generally, what is happening in osmotic diuresis?

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You are peeing out lots of water and become hypernatremia (you need to drink H20)…

24
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What are 3 sources of extra renal loss of water?

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  1. Skin losses: Burns
  2. Pulmonary Losses: Advanced COPD, breating too fast/too often
  3. GI losses: Acute diarrhea, IBD
25
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What are signs and symptoms of hypernatremia?

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Confusion, lethargy, weakness, seizure, coma

26
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What is the risk in treating hypernatremia?

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The speed of correction

27
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What is the speed of correction in chronic (over 48 hours) asymptomatic hypernatrmia?

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Don’t excees 0.5mEq/L/hr

28
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What is the speed of correction in acute (less than 48 hours) symptomatic hypernatremia?

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1-1.15 mEq/L/hr until symptoms improve, then slow the rate to 0.5mEw/L/hr

29
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Why do we recheck Na levels frequently when correcting them?

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Want to avoid an undesirable rate

30
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What is the rate at which we should give fluids?

A

Deficit/time

31
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How to we calculate time to correction?

A

Difference between current and normal sodium/ 0.5

32
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How do we calculate water deficit?

A

Estimated TBW * Weight in Kg * (Current Na/140-1)

Estimated TBW is 0.5 in males and 0.4 in females

33
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What is hyponatermia?

A

Plama sodium under 135

34
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What is typically the problem in hyponatremia?

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WATER (ingested water is greater than excreted water)

35
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What things can result in too much water with normal intake?

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  1. Renal failure (dialysis helps with this)

2. Increased ADH (lung tumors, heart failure, cirrhosis)

36
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Can excessive intake of water overwhelm normal kidneys leading to hyponatremia?

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YES

37
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What are the marks of true hyponatremia?

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Low plasma osmolarity and low plasma Na

38
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What 2 states are considered to be pseudohyponatremia?

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Normal plasma osmolarity and low plasma Na

High plama osmolarity and low plasma Na

39
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What conditions are associated with pseudohyponatremia with normal plasma osmolarity?

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  1. Hyperlipidemia

2. Hyperproteinemia

40
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What conditions are associated with pseudohyponatremia with high plasma osmolairty?

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  1. Glucose (hyperglecemia dilutes down NA)

2. Mannitol

41
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If ADH is present, is the urine osmolality high?

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YES

42
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If there is ADH present, what do you need to do?

A

Determine if it is appropriate or inappropriate

43
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What are states where presence of ADH is appropriate with hyponatremia?

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  1. Hypervolemia (CHF, nephrosis, cirrhosis)

2. Hypovolemia (fluid losses)

44
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What are states where prescence of ADH is inappropriate?

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Euvolemia: This can indicate SIAHD, hypothyroid, adrenal insufficiency

45
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Can you test urine osmality if the patient is on diuretics?

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NO…you need to take these levels after 24 hours off of diuretics because diuretics can affect urine osmolality

46
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What needs to be done to determine a true hyponatremia (low serum Na and osmolality)?

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You have to confirm the low level by checking the plasma osmolality (don’t use an estimated value)

47
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Once a true hyponatremia is established, what do you do next?

A

Assess volume status: Hypovolemic, euvolemic, hypervolemic

48
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What are signs of fluid overload (hypervolemic)?

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Skin turgor, putting edema, JVD

49
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If your patient is hypovolemic or euvolemic, what do you do next?

A

Urine sodium and osmolality

50
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What is present if urine osmolality if high?

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ADH

51
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What is seen in psychogenic polydipsia?

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Low urine sodium and low urine osmolality

52
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What is seen in hypovolemic hyponatremia?

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Low urine sodium and high urine osmolality (if not on diuretics) …associated with ADH

53
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What is seen in euvolemic hyponatremia?

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High urine sodium and high osmolality (seen with SIADH, adrenal insufficiency, hypothyroidism)

54
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What are signs and symptoms of hyponatremia?

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Seizure, nausea, headache, lethargy, confusion, coma

55
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What is predictive of symptoms in hyponatremia?

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How quickly the level has changed (absolute level of hyponatremia isn’t always predictive of symptoms)

56
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What is acute hyponatremia?

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Under 48 hours

57
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What is chronic hyponatremia?

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Over 48 hours (true timeline isn’t usually known and is therefore chronic

58
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What is the most feared treatment complication in hyponatremia?

A

Central pontine myelinolysis

59
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When is central pontine myelinolysis seen?

A

With overly rapid correction of chronic compensated hyponatremia

60
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What is seen in central pontine myelinolysis?

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Devastating neurologic consequences that typically lead to death within a matter of weeks

  1. Flaccid quadriplegia
  2. Respiratory muscle paralysis
  3. Coma
  4. Pseudobulbar palsy
61
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What are risk factors for central pontine myelinolysis?

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  1. Over correction
  2. Improvement at a rate greater than 1-2mEq/hr
  3. EtOH
  4. Female
  5. Liver disease
  6. Malnutrition
62
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What is happening in central pontine meylinolysis to cause symptoms?

A

Rapid movement of fluid out of brain cells causing the cells to shrink and their myelin sheaths to crack (demyelinate from that)

63
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What can be done to see lesions in central pontine myelinolysis and when can you do this?

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Lesions detectable on MRI and CT…may not be seen for up to 4 weeks

64
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How should you approach treatment of hyponatremia?

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WITH CAUTION - Repeat levels in a couple of hours to be safe

65
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What’s the approach for treatment of hypovolemic hyponatremia?

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0.9% saline, not difficult to correct

66
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What are symptoms due to in hypovolemic hyponatremia?

A

Volume depletion, not hyponatremia

67
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What else is 0.9% saline given for besides hypovolemic hyponatremia?

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Hypotension, vomiting, diarrhea

68
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What is given for the acute treatment of euvolemic hyponatremia?

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  • 3% saline for acute symptoms, but discontinue once severe symptoms resolve and sodium is in the safe range (100-125)
  • Water/fluid restriction (1000mL fluid a day)
  • Recheck sodium frequently
69
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What makes euvolemic hyponatremia worse in acute treatment?

A
  1. 9% saline

- You need to give fluid that is more concentrated than the urine osmolality

70
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What is given for chronic treatment of euvolemic hyponatremia (possibly from SIADH)?

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This one is difficult to treat and maintain

  • Treat underlying disorder (like CA, which cna produce ADH like material)
  • Limit fluids
  • Demeclocycline (SE is hypernatremia because this dilutes urine even more)
  • Salt (or urea) tablets
71
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What is given for treatment of hypervolemic hyponatremia (perhaps from cirrhosis, nephrosis, or CHF)

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  1. Treat underlying disorder (Maybe with ACEi or BB)
  2. Fluid restriction
  3. Diuretics
  4. Vasopressin receptor antagonists (aquaretic…which is electrolyte-free diuresis)
72
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What can happen from too much TPN?

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Patient can become protein overfed, which will increase water output resulting in volume depletion and dehydration leading to iatrogenic hypernatremia

73
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If your patient is getting mannitol to control intracranial pressure, what can you see?

A

Pseudohypernatremia due to mannitol (ostmotic diuretic…peeing out all fluid)

74
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If you have a patient with polyuria and polydipsia with insatiable thirst what might be the cause of hyponatremia?

A

Hyperglycemia (DIABETIC) which is causing a pseudohyponatremia (glucose is diluting out all the Na)

75
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What’s a general guideline for how quickly hyponatrmia should be corrected?

A

10mEq/L/day

76
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If you correct hyponatremia too quickly, what can happen?

A

Osmotic demyelination syndrome

77
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Who is at risk for osmotic demyelination syndrome?

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  1. Lower starting sodium (110 or lower)
  2. Advanced liver disease
  3. Alcoholism
  4. Chronic hyponatremia: 48-72 hours or if previous Na unknown
  5. Corrected from hyponatremia too quickly (more than 10-12mEw/L in a 24 hour period
78
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What indicates that a patient will begin to correct from hyponatremia too quickly?

A

Polyuria (so measure their urine output hourly)

79
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How often should serum Na be checked

A

Every 3-4 hours

80
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What can you do if the Na begins to rise at an undesirable rate?

A
  1. Hypotonic fluids can be ordered (D5 which will decrease Na back to safe rate of correction)
  2. DDAVP can be given (vasopressin will drop urine flow
81
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In psychogenic polydipsia, what is a common feature of the urine?

A

It has a low urine sodium and low urine osmolality

82
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In psychogenic polydipsia what should you do regarding water and liquids

A

Restrict them! Even guard the toilet

83
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If you have a patient who has stopped drinking and presents with normal BP and hypernatremia, what will you give?

A

IV D5W at 100mL/hr and recheck sodium every 4 hours

84
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If you have a patient who has stopped drinking and presents hypotensive with hypernatrmia, what will you give?

A

IV 0.9% saline at 250ml/hr

-This is given to normalize the BP, then any volume depletion (still hypernatrmic) can be treated with D5W

85
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If you have a patient who is dehydrated and can drink lots of water, can they correct their own hypernatrmia?

A

YES

86
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What will 0.225% saline cause?

A

RBC lysis… it’s too hypotonic…don’t use this fluid

87
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How do you differentiate between dehydration and volume depletion?

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  • Dehydration requires a high sodium

- Volume depletion can have a normal Na

88
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What do you treat dehydration with?

A

WATER (because they have high sodium)

89
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What do you treat volume depletion with?

A

SALT (like an isotonic fluid or something)

90
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How do you calculate how many fluids to give?

A

Dosing factor * weight * (Serum Na/140-1)

Dosing factor is 0.6 is male and 0.5 is female

91
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If a patient has hypernatremia and is given desmopressin with no change in urine output (decrease), what might he have?

A

Nephrogenic DI because it isn’t responding to desmopressin

92
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What can cause NDI?

A

Chronic lithium use

93
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What can be given for someone with hypernatremia due to NDI?

A

D5W

94
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If patient has hypernatremia and it responds to desmopressin (via fall in urine output), what might she have?

A

Central diabetes insipidus

95
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In someone with CDI, what will the urine osmolality be before and after treatment?

A

Before it will be DILUTE, after it will be CONCENTRATED

96
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What types of sitations might result in CDI

A

Maybe a brain surgery or something affecting the BRAIN

97
Q

If someone has lung cancer, what else are you thinking they might have?

A

SIADH

98
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What clinical features are seen in someone with SIADH (possibly from a lung tumor)?

A

Hyponatremia (reataining water), low BUN and uric acid, super concetrated urine (high urine osmolality and sodium)

99
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If the BUN is high, what does that indicate?

A

Volume depletion

100
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If BUN is low, what does that indicate?

A

Mild volume overload

101
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If someone with lung cancer is hyponatremic, but their urine sodium and urine osmolality are normal to low, what might be the reason?

A

They could be puking their guts out from chemo (NOT ALL LUNG CA PATIENTS HAVE SIADH)

102
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What kind of urine osmolality number are you looking at in someone with SIADH?

A

Over 300 or at least more than serum osmolality

103
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If you’re giving someone in labor oxytoxin and them a crap ton of fluids and they become hyponatremic, what could be the cause?

A

Oxytocin causes you to secrete ADH, so then she can’t excrete all that extra water you are giving her and she will become hyponatremic and SEIZE

104
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Why would a little old thin lady on hydrochlorothiazide become hyponatremic?

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Since she’s peeing so much from the diuretic, she might think she needs to drink more to compensate, so she drinks a ton of water and becomes hyponatremic

105
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So if your old lady on thiazide diuretics has hyponatrmia, what are you gonna do about it?

A
  • Start her on 0.9% saline and check her in 4 hours
  • If correcting too fast, can give 3% saline
  • NO excess water drinking or fluids with this
106
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When is a time you might see hypernatremia in a kid?

A

When their parents are messed up and give the salt tablets in Munchhausen by proxy