High blood sugar levels can cause blood sodium levels to appear low. However, this is usually due to a dilutional effect. Doctors can use a sodium glucose correction formula to calculate accurate ...

For years, guidance for correcting sodium levels in patients hospitalized with severe hyponatremia — defined as serum sodium concentration < 120 mEq/L — has been to go slow, in part to avoid ...

Sodium correction limits have been around since bed rest for back pain. The latter is gone but the former persists. While bed rest simply delays recovery, rapid sodium correction may cause osmotic ...