title: [Continuous veno-venous hemofiltration treatment for acute hypernatremia].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the effect of continuous veno-venous hemofiltration (CVVHF) for acute hypernatremia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seven patients with hypernatremia were studied and treated with CVVHF. The serum sodium concentration and its remedy speed, creatinine, osmolarity, and blood pressure, etc were observed before and after CVVHF.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The patients were treated with CVVHF averagely for 40 hours. The serum sodium concentration, creatinine, osmolarity after the treatment decreased significantly and the APACHE II scores significantly improved. Among the 5 coma patients, 2 patients's consciousness was improved.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  CVVHF is effective and can be a new method for treating acute hypernatremia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, China.
authors.forename: Li-ping
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Xiao-ping
authors.initials: XP
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Qiao-ling
authors.initials: QL
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006440:Hemofiltration / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D006955:Hypernatremia / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged