True Hyponatremia Differential Algorithm
Instead (or in addition) of volume status examination, check urine sodium and serum uric acid:
- Urine sodium low, uric acid high in hypovolemic and hypervolemic hyponatremia
- Urine sodium high and uric acid low in euvolemic hyponatremia
- Joel Topf, MD FACP @kidney_boy
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