Table salt for severe hyponatremia ?
I had a patient who experienced status epilepticus after suffering from water intoxication due to drinking about 10 liters of holy water. We intubated her immediately, but we don’t have 3% hypertonic saline in our emergency department. The only option we have is to convert table salt into a 3% solution. Has anyone done this before? It’s a common practice here in the ER in Ethiopia.
I had a patient who experienced status epilepticus after suffering from water intoxication due to drinking about 10 liters of holy water. We intubated her immediately, but we don’t have 3% hypertonic saline in our emergency department. The only option we have is to convert table salt into a 3% solution. Has anyone done this before? It’s a common practice here in the ER in Ethiopia.