Polyuria, polydipsia
The set up Patient is the ICU, you receive a consult for hypernatremia resistant to therapy for three days. Na 174 Cl 128 BUN 38 K 3.2 HCO3 27 Cr 1.6 glucose 128 urine lytes: Na 56 K 12 Body weight 45 kg urine output 2,800 Step one Calculate the fluid deficit: We assume the …