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Patients at risk of hypernatremia include those patients who have impaired thirst (such as those in coma or those with a neurologic deficit) and those with a high rate of [[insensible losses]] of free water such as [[burn]] victims and patients with [[diarrhea]]. | Patients at risk of hypernatremia include those patients who have impaired thirst (such as those in coma or those with a neurologic deficit) and those with a high rate of [[insensible losses]] of free water such as [[burn]] victims and patients with [[diarrhea]]. | ||
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Revision as of 17:23, 11 August 2012
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Patients at risk of hypernatremia include those patients who have impaired thirst (such as those in coma or those with a neurologic deficit) and those with a high rate of insensible losses of free water such as burn victims and patients with diarrhea.