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[Continuous veno-venous hemofiltration treatment for acute hypernatremia]. 2006

Li-ping Chen, and Xiao-ping Huang, and Qiao-ling Zhou

Department of Nephrology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, China.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of continuous veno-venous hemofiltration (CVVHF) for acute hypernatremia. METHODS Seven patients with hypernatremia were studied and treated with CVVHF. The serum sodium concentration and its remedy speed, creatinine, osmolarity, and blood pressure, etc were observed before and after CVVHF. RESULTS The patients were treated with CVVHF averagely for 40 hours. The serum sodium concentration, creatinine, osmolarity after the treatment decreased significantly and the APACHE II scores significantly improved. Among the 5 coma patients, 2 patients's consciousness was improved. CONCLUSIONS CVVHF is effective and can be a new method for treating acute hypernatremia.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D006955	Hypernatremia	Excessive amount of sodium in the blood. (Dorland, 27th ed)	Hypernatremias
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D005260	Female		Females
D006440	Hemofiltration	Extracorporeal ULTRAFILTRATION technique without HEMODIALYSIS for treatment of fluid overload and electrolyte disturbances affecting renal, cardiac, or pulmonary function.	Arteriovenous Hemofiltration,Venovenous Hemofiltration,Arteriovenous Hemofiltrations,Hemofiltration, Arteriovenous,Hemofiltration, Venovenous,Hemofiltrations,Venovenous Hemofiltrations
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000208	Acute Disease	Disease having a short and relatively severe course.	Acute Diseases,Disease, Acute,Diseases, Acute
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults