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Dehydration dilutional hyponatremia ????

butters replied to ohbet's topic in General Nursing

Water follows salt. What was her sodium concentration prior to the IV fluids being given?????? A dehydrated person can be hypernatremic or hyponatremic (if ADH is trying to maintain water). Also, diarrhea can cause hyponatremia. What is weird is eith...