When do our patients need a pinch of salt

Authors

  • Sanjith Saseedharan Head of Department of Critical Care. Sl Raheja- fortis associate, 4/205 Manish Darshan J.B.Nagar, Andheri (east), Mahim, Mumbai-400059 Maharashtra

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bccj.v3i1.24098

Keywords:

hypertonic saline, brain injury

Abstract

Hyponatremia is a well known occurrence in traumatic and non traumatic brain injury which is known to complicate the management, affect the prognosis and increase hospital length of stay. Hypertonic saline is one of the drugs among the clinicians armamentarium in order to combat this complication. However its use is marked with many controversies and myths due to lack of robust evidence and non uniformity of trial protocols. In this review the author attempts to review the use of hypertonic saline in brain injury touching on practical use, indications, limitations and goes on to suggest a practical protocol for hypertonic saline in brain injury with raised intracranial pressure. Data Sources: MEDLINE, MICROMEDEX, The Cochrane database of Systematic Reviews from 1967 through May 2012.

Bangladesh Crit Care J March 2015; 3 (1): 22-26

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Sanjith Saseedharan, Head of Department of Critical Care. Sl Raheja- fortis associate, 4/205 Manish Darshan J.B.Nagar, Andheri (east), Mahim, Mumbai-400059 Maharashtra



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Published

2015-07-10

How to Cite

Saseedharan, S. (2015). When do our patients need a pinch of salt. Bangladesh Critical Care Journal, 3(1), 22–26. https://doi.org/10.3329/bccj.v3i1.24098

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2015)

Section

Review Articles

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