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Table 1 Serum and urine electrolyte/osmolality results during treatment

From: Water intoxication presenting as maternal and neonatal seizures: a case report

 

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 7

Day 14

Sodium (135–145 mmol/litre)

111

123

128

131

137

138

Potassium (3.5–4.7 mmol/litre)

3.3

4.3

4.4

4.0

3.7

4.6

Chloride (98–109 mmol/litre)

86

97

103

104

104

104

Urea (2.5–8.0 mmol/litre)

0.8

1.1

1.9

2.4

2.1

1.6

Serum osmolality (280–300 mosmol/kg)

228

248

267

271

 

287

Urine osmolality (100–1400 mosmol/kg)

67

80

141

   

Urine sodium (mmol/litre)

10