Utility and Limitations of the Traditional Diagnostic Approach to Hyponatremia: A Diagnostic Study

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 123, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 652-657

  Fenske, Wiebke ^a   Maier, Sebastian K G ^a   Blechschmidt, Anne ^a   Allolio, Bruno ^a   Störk, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Differential diagnosis; Hyponatremia; SIADH; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; STEROID;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERVOLEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOVOLEMIA; INAPPROPRIATE VASOPRESSIN SECRETION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYDIPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URIC ACID URINE LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SODIUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953678084     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2010.01.013     Document Type: Article

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