In the upcoming episode on Managment of Hyponatremia, Dr. Baimel and the first ever Internal Medicine specialist on EM Cases, Dr. Ed Etchells, discuss a rational step-wise approach to managing Hyponatremia, tailored for the EM practitioner; when you might consider giving DDAVP in the ED, the best way to correct Hyponatremia, how to manage the patient who’s Hyponatremia has been corrected too quickly, and an easy approach to the differential diagnosis. Get a sneak peak at the algorithm that will be explain and review in the upcoming episode……
Published February 2015
Step-Wise Approach to Hyponatremia and Prevention of Over-correction of Hyponatremia
Conceived by Dr. Edward Etchells, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada
Dr. Helman & Dr. Etchells have no conflict of interest to declare
Great overview. Very informative with regard to ddavp. Our ER doesn’t do stat urine lytes/osms but will closely monitor urine output. Thanks!
This is an amazing podcast. I was hearing about the management of hyponatremia and it was an excellent guide, very clear and informative.
About urine osm/electrolytes in ER, there shouldn’t be any issue in labs, because the very same machine that does plasma electrolytes is the one that does the urinary ones (as a nephrologist once told me).
Greetings from Chile!
Excellent podcast with nice practical points.
I just want to get clarified about Osmotic Demyelination Syndrome. Does it occur after overcorrection even if Hyponatremia is of acute onset?