Thursday, August 14, 2014

Correcting sodium of the Hyponatremic pt....

Provided the case before, what is the total amount of sodium in Meq's you need to replace if the pt weight is 70 kg's and your target sodium is 127 (from 118)?

a)378
b)315
c)500
d)269
e)300

ANSWER: a) 378 (Formula for sodium defecit is (desired-actual sodium) x body wt x 0.6 (male) or 0.5(Female)

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