For example, if someone had a sodium of 125, the goal would be to slowly correct it to 133-135 over the course of 24 hours However, if someone is having seizures or on the verge of death from hyponatremia, it is okay to correct 1mEq/L/hr, until they stop having neurological symptoms (the seizures stop or they begin to seem more awake) We are careful to correct slowly to prevent central pontine myelinolysis, which happens when the sodium levels in the blood go up so quickly that all the water in the myelin cells leave the cells to go to the bloodstream, thereby causing a myelin in the pons to dry up and die
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