electrolyte-free water clearance: a clinical utility in managing osmotic urea diuresis-associated polyuria in tube feeding syndrome

Hypernatremia is a common problem in critically ill patients. Part of the reason for the inadequate treatment of hypernatremia may be that we tend to replace only the free water deficit (FWD) and neglect replacing ongoing losses of free water. In most cases, ongoing losses of free water occur in the...

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Main Authors: Ekamol Tantisattamo, Jason Dinh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Korean Society of Nephrology 2012-06-01
Series:Kidney Research and Clinical Practice
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211913212006043