From the early physiology courses in Medical School, everyone learns to be wary of rapidly correcting serum sodium in the event of hyponatremia if its duration is chronic or unknown. But was this concern always present? In the…
I am often startled by the fact that patients are exposed to 120-200 L of dialysis solution during each dialysis treatment! Unsurprisingly then, patients on hemodialysis are particularly vulnerable to small molecular weight contaminants in the water used…
A free water and sodium calculator app is available for download for iOS, Android. The app was created by Daniel Batlle from Northwestern University. The app focuses on commonly used formulas for water and sodium. While there are…
