Abstract
Critically ill patients are at risk of sodium retention. Current practices of patient management lead to high amount of sodium being administered often inadvertently and lead to high daily and cumulative sodium balance. Positive sodium balance may have adverse outcomes in addition to those observed with positive fluid balance as sodium being an extracellular ion leads to expansion of extracellular spaces with concomitant intracellular dehydration.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Diet and Nutrition in Critical Care |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 943-957 |
Number of pages | 15 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781461478362 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781461478379 |
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Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2015 |