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Shock Classification
Shock Definition: State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
Shock Classification ... intravascular volume ... Nonhemorrhagic → volume ... due to loss of sodium ... warm #wet #dry #table
Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis by Mechanism
Decr Blood Pressure (“Decr Effective Circulating Volume”) 
 - Volume depletion
”) - Volume depletion ... e.g. pneumonia, COPD ... Endocrinopathies - Hypothyroidism ... Differential #Diagnosis #Table ... #Causes #Sodium
Physiologic Approach to Hypotonic Hyponatremia
The next time you have a case of hypotonic hyponatremia, give the
algorithm Urine ... poor response to volume ... : SIADH, Renal Sodium ... or low Uosm), Hypothyroidism ... differential #diagnosis #table