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Clinical approach to the hyperosmolar patient
1Department of Internal Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.
Critical Care Clinics
|October 1, 1987
Abstract:
The successful evaluation and treatment of the hypertonic patient depends on a clear understanding of the differences between effective and noneffective solute and the consequences of changes in these solutes for water distribution. Measured osmolality, calculated osmolality, tonicity, and sodium concentration must be evaluated in the approach to these patients.