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Corrected Sodium Calculator

Adjust sodium for hyperglycemia.

Sodium Correction

Hyperglycemia causes dilutional hyponatremia. Katz formula: add 1.6 mEq/L Na per 100 mg/dL glucose above 100. Hillier formula: add 2.4 mEq/L (more accurate at glucose > 400). If corrected Na is high, the patient is actually hypernatremic despite low measured Na.