{"title":"Hypernatremic chloride-depletion metabolic alkalosis successfully treated with high cation-gap amino acids: a case report.","authors":"Akihiro Ryuge, Shogo Nagamine, Masashi Saito, Naoki Matsumoto, Marina Asano","doi":"10.1007/s13730-023-00837-z","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Normal saline (NS) is recommended for the treatment of chloride-depletion alkalosis (CDA). However, its use in patients with drinking water restrictions or fluid volume deficiencies may lead to hypernatremia. We report the case of a 42-year-old Japanese man with ileus due to sigmoidal volvulus, who presented with CDA. After endoscopic decompression, NS was administered to treat the CDA. Despite the administration of NS, CDA persisted and hypernatremia developed. The infusion was then changed to high cation-gap amino acids (HCG-AA), which improved both metabolic alkalosis and hypernatremia. Thus, HCG-AA may be useful for the treatment of hypernatremia in patients with CDA.</p>","PeriodicalId":9697,"journal":{"name":"CEN Case Reports","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11294285/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"CEN Case Reports","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13730-023-00837-z","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2023/11/22 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"UROLOGY & NEPHROLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Normal saline (NS) is recommended for the treatment of chloride-depletion alkalosis (CDA). However, its use in patients with drinking water restrictions or fluid volume deficiencies may lead to hypernatremia. We report the case of a 42-year-old Japanese man with ileus due to sigmoidal volvulus, who presented with CDA. After endoscopic decompression, NS was administered to treat the CDA. Despite the administration of NS, CDA persisted and hypernatremia developed. The infusion was then changed to high cation-gap amino acids (HCG-AA), which improved both metabolic alkalosis and hypernatremia. Thus, HCG-AA may be useful for the treatment of hypernatremia in patients with CDA.
期刊介绍:
Clinical and Experimental Nephrology (CEN) Case Reports is a peer-reviewed online-only journal, officially published biannually by the Japanese Society of Nephrology (JSN). The journal publishes original case reports in nephrology and related areas. The purpose of CEN Case Reports is to provide clinicians and researchers with a forum in which to disseminate their personal experience to a wide readership and to review interesting cases encountered by colleagues all over the world, from whom contributions are welcomed.