Table 3.
Intravenous fluids seven days pre- and post-onset of moderate hypernatremia.
| Fluid Type 1 | n (%) | Volume in Liters Mean ± SD |
Percent Total Fluids Mean ± SD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prior to onset of Na+ 150 mmol/L | |||
| 0.9% NaCl | 156 (86) | 4.1 ± 2.8 | 75.6 ± 27.9 |
| Hartmann’s 2 | 65 (36) | 2.3 ± 1.7 | 14.0 ± 22.6 |
| 5% glucose | 67 (37) | 1.4 ± 1.3 | 7.7 ± 14.1 |
| 4% glucose - 0.18% NaCl | 2 (1) | 2.0 ± 0.0 | 0.5 ± 4.7 |
| 4% albumin | 20 (11) | 1.5 ± 1.5 | 2.2 ± 7.4 |
| After onset of Na+ 150 mmol/L | |||
| 0.9% NaCl | 95 (52) | 2.0 ± 1.6 | 38.4 ± 36.0 |
| Hartmann’s | 26 (14) | 1.7 ± 1.1 | 7.5 ± 20.3 |
| 5% glucose | 120 (66) | 2.4 ± 1.8 | 53.5 ± 39.6 |
| 4% glucose - 0.18% NaCl | 8 (4) | 1.9 ± 1.1 | 2.8 ± 14.0 |
| 0.45% NaCl | 1 (<1) | 2.0 ± 0.0 | 0.3 ± 4.0 |
| 4% albumin | 8 (4) | 1.6 ± 1.4 | 1.1 ± 4.8 |
1 Categories of fluids are not mutually exclusive as patients may have received more than one type of intravenous fluids. 2 Equivalent to Ringer’s lactate solution. NaCl = Sodium chloride, Na+ = serum sodium, SD = standard deviation.