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Volume Based Approach to Hyponatremia
Hypovolemic, Serum uric acid >4
 • Urine Na <20: Extra-renal losses
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Based Approach to Hyponatremia ... Renal losses, Cerebral ... uric acid <4 • SIADH ... #algorithm #diagnosis ... #sodium #low #nephrology
Physiologic Approach to Hypotonic Hyponatremia
The next time you have a case of hypotonic hyponatremia, give the
normal volume-based algorithm ... Urine Na+K / serum ... Insufficiency, Cerebral ... #differential #diagnosis ... #table #sodium
A lazy man's classification of hyponatremia
There are two possible approaches to the diagnosis of hyponatremia: .
osmolality and urinary sodium ... the patient has SIADH ... or cerebral salt ... #Diagnosis #Hyponatremia ... #Algorithm #Differential