1. In a cohort of chronically hyponatremic patients with serum sodium concentrations ≤105 mEq/L, post-therapeutic (post-Rx) neurological complications occurred after correction by >12 mEq/L in 24 hours and >18 mEq/L in 48 hours.
In a cohort of chronically hyponatremic patients with serum sodium concentrations ≤105 mEq/L, post-therapeutic (post-Rx) neurological complications occurred after correction by >12 mEq/L in 24 hours and >18 mEq/L in 48 hours. Patients with chronic hyponatremia refers to patients without psychotic polydipsia who became hyponatremic at home. Solid circles represent patients with post-therapeutic neurologic complications, and open triangles represent patients who recovered uneventfully. The dashed lines represent therapeutic limits identified by the study (12 mEq/L in 24 hours and 18 mEq/L in 48 hours). Modified from ref. 18, with permission.
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