Table 2.

Patients undergoing re-lowering of the PNa^a

Patient	Precorrection PNa (mmol/L)	Peak PNa before DDAVP (mmol/L)	Lowest PNa after DDAVP (mmol/L)	Amount of Re-lowering (mmol/L)	Time (h)	Rate of Re-lowering (mmol/L per h)	D5W Given after DDAVP
Group 1
1	122	138	134	4	4.50	0.89	Yes
2	115	135	129	6	20.00	0.30	Yes
3	109	121	112	9	17.50	0.51	Yes
4	108	125	118	7	8.25	0.85	Yes
5	129	142	134	8	14.50	0.55	Yes
6	112	124	120	4	10.00	0.40	Yes
Group 2
7	115	122	118	4	17.00	0.16	Yes
8	110	117	114	3	7.00	0.43	No
10	124	127	124	3	22.00	0.14	Yes
13	110	117	115	2	2.00	1.00	Yes
14	116	125	118	7	18.00	0.39	Yes
17	118	129	127	2	16.00	0.22	No
19	117	128	125	3	6.00	0.50	No
20	120	126	122	4	2.50	1.60	Yes

^aD5W, 5% dextrose in water.