Calculate dialysis dose or dialysate sodium to achieve target sodium

Estimate the rate of serum sodium correction over 24 hours with changes in dialysis prescription.

Lenar Yessayan and Sevag Demirjian

D5W Infusion Rate

Slow down serum sodium correction in patients with hyponatremia on continuous dialysis

Lenar Yessayan & Sevag Demirjian

Maintain therapeutic hypernatremia on continuous dialysis by adjusting 3% saline infusion rate

3% Saline Infusion Rate

Lenar Yessayan and Sevag Demirjian

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