Endocrine Abstracts

Hyponatremia - a decrease in serum sodium to 135 mmol/l or less can lead to serious complications. In patients with various pathologies and serum sodium levels of 120–125 mmol/l mortality reaches 23%, in levels less than 115 mmol/l - 50%. Biochemical verification of hyponatremia is not difficult. It is difficult to establish the cause and treatment of chronic hyponatremia. Patient S., 64 years old, was hospitalized in a state of alcoholic intoxication with a diagnosis of ...