Cerebral Salt Wasting Is a Real Cause of Hyponatremia: PRO

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• Author: Maesaka, John K.; Imbriano, Louis J.
• Full Title: Cerebral Salt Wasting Is a Real Cause of Hyponatremia: PRO
• Category: #books
• Document Tags: nephrology

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• FEurate will not differentiate SIADH from CSW on first encounter with the patient because it is increased to >11% in both conditions when they are hyponatremic. Differentiation can only occur when FEurate normalizes to <11% in SIADH or is persistently increased at >11% after correction of hyponatremia by water restriction or isotonic or hypertonic saline (View Highlight)