[Pathogenesis, diagnosis, and extracorporeal correction of water-electrolytic imbalance in critically ill patients].

The review of literature is dedicated to some issues of the development, diagnosis, and extracorporeal correction of water electrolytic disorders in critically ill patients. It considers the main points concerning water-electrolytic metabolism and its regulation in health and disease. The authors describe the specific features of invasive and noninvasive methods for diagnosing water-sectoral disorders and the possibilities of their correction with medical measures. They consider the possibilities of correcting water-electrolytic and sectoral disorders in the use of currently available methods of extracorporeal detoxification (ultrafiltration, hemodialysis, hemofiltration, and hemodiafiltration).