The urine/plasma electrolyte ratio: A predictive guide to water restriction

Howard Furst; Kenneth R. Hallows; Jarrod Post; Sheldon Chen; Wayne Kotzker; Stanley Goldfarb; Fuad N. Ziyadeh; Eric G. Neilson

doi:10.1016/s0002-9629(15)40736-0

The urine/plasma electrolyte ratio: A predictive guide to water restriction

Howard Furst, Kenneth R. Hallows, Jarrod Post, Sheldon Chen, Wayne Kotzker, Stanley Goldfarb, Fuad N. Ziyadeh, Eric G. Neilson^*

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Abstract

Patients with hypotonic hyponatremia are encountered commonly in the general practice of medicine. Nearly all strategies for the management of subacute or chronic hyponatremia call for some amount of water restriction. The considerations for such a prescription have not been addressed in the literature. We describe therefore a simple approach grounded in the physiology of electrolyte-free water clearance that can be used at the bedside.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	240-244
Number of pages	5
Journal	American Journal of the Medical Sciences
Volume	319
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/s0002-9629(15)40736-0
State	Published - Apr 2000

Keywords

Electrolyte-free water clearance
Hyponatremia
Hypotonicity
Water intoxication

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