Table 1.

Cases that recovered from salt poisoning

Age (years)	Sex	NaCl ingestion (g)	Peak serum Na+ concentration (mEq/L)	Correction rate	Duration prior to ED arrival from digestion (h)	Reference no.
39	F	60	176	Slow	0.3	7
20	F	150	174	Slow	3	2
73	M	Unknown	188	Slow	12	4
85	F	60–70	193	Slow	Unknown	6
55	F	104 †	161	Unknown	0	8
32	Unknown	121 †	150	Unknown	0	8
19	M	173	196	37 mEq/0.5 h	2	3
65	F	207	176	30 mEq/2 h with hemodialysis	3	5
54	F	Unknown	185	3 mEq/h	21	9
40	F	70	183	16 mEq/5 h	>4	Our case (dead)

A total of nine cases of hypernatremia resulting from massive salt ingestion have been reported: four of them were treated using a slow sodium reduction rate, and two of them were treated with more aggressive therapy using a more rapid sodium correction rate. The duration of hypernatremia in the latter two cases was short prior to their arrival in the emergency department (ED).

F, female; M, male.

^†Vomited just after ingestion.