Differential Diagnosis and Evaluation of Hyponatremia:
1) Identification of onset (acute vs. chronic)
2) Presence of symptoms (HA, nausea, confusion, seizures)
3) Assessment of volume status (edema, JVD, skin turgor, postural BP)
4) Medical history (cardiac, liver, renal disease), drug history #Diagnosis #EM #IM #Nephro #Hyponatremia #Hypovolemic #Euvolemic #Hypervolemic #Pseudohyponatremia #Differential #Algorithm #Ddxof
Dr. Tom Fadial @tomfadial · 6 years ago
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