title: Overcorrection of hyponatremia is a medical emergency.
abstract: Overcorrection of hyponatremia is a medical emergency. Excessive correction usually results from the unexpected emergence of a water diuresis after resolution of the cause of water retention. The concurrent administration of desmopressin and 5% dextrose in water can be given to cautiously re-lower the serum sodium concentration when therapeutic limits have been exceeded. Nephrologists should be equally aggressive in correcting hyponatremia and in un-correcting it when their patients get too much of a good thing.
authors.forename: Richard H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Sterns
authors.forename: John K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Hix
mesh_terms: D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood; D003711:Demyelinating Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D007010:Hyponatremia / Q000628:therapy*; D017590:Myelinolysis, Central Pontine / Q000209:etiology; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D012964:Sodium / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D012964:Sodium; D010100:Oxygen