Medically complex child admitted for concerns of acute on chronic pancreatitis.Patient nothing by mouth (npo) and total parenteral nutrition (tpn) dependent for nutrition.Patient with ongoing higher sodium and chloride levels; team adjusting na, cl, and k concentration in tpn on daily basis in effort to normalize electrolytes on basic metabolic panel (bmp).Following pump malfunction, patient sodium increased 152 > 158, chloride 116> 121, and bun 25 > 33 despite lower these daily in tpn.Increased sodium could have been from dehydration / started 1/2 normal saline (ns), which is still running / sodium stable.Event required patient monitoring to confirm that it resulted in no patient harm.
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