title: Symptomatic hyponatremia with hypoxia is a medical emergency.
abstract: Patients presenting with the combined finding of severe symptomatic hyponatremia and hypoxia have such high mortality rates that they should be admitted to an intensive care unit and intubated sooner rather than later. Without delay, these patients need rapid correction of their serum sodium by 8-10 mequiv. per liter and an increase in their partial pressure of arterial oxygen to values above 70 mm Hg.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, USA. juha.kokko@emoryhealthcare.org
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Kokko
mesh_terms: D001784:Blood Gas Analysis; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D007010:Hyponatremia / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D002534:Hypoxia, Brain / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy; D012462:Saline Solution, Hypertonic / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012964:Sodium / Q000097:blood; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D012462:Saline Solution, Hypertonic; D012964:Sodium; D010100:Oxygen