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04/01/06 - 07:54 AM             #1

In Kaplan notes, it says that if the child is dehydrated with a Na concentration <120, you give 0.45%NaCl and D5W along with bicarb. Does it make any sense to make an already hyponatremic child even more hyponatremic by giving diluted NS????







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