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Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica 58 (8): 1007-14 (2014)
Early intensive care unit-acquired hypernatremia in severe sepsis patients receiving 0.9% saline fluid resuscitation.
A. van de Louw
,
C. Shaffer
,
E. Schaefer
ABSTRACT
Intensive care unit (ICU)-acquired hypernatremia is associated with increased mortality and ascribed to excessive sodium/insufficient free water intakes. We aimed to determine whether the volume of intravenous 0.9% saline fluid resuscitation was associated with hypernatremia in severe sepsis.