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Prevention of episodic water intoxication with target weight procedure

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.144.3.365

An effective, practical, and inexpensive method of preventing water intoxication in inpatients is described. The procedure uses the relationship between acute changes in body water and body weight to predict body weights associated with severe hyponatremia.

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