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The episode discusses hyponatremia, its causes, and related case studies.

Roger’s Hydrogen to pH table References December 19, 2023 Joel had a patient with severe hypothyroidism and hyponatremia- case report Mel reviewed the endocrine factors that can contribute to hyponatremia in this report (from the 2020 ASN quiz and questionnaire): Pattern Recognition versus Pathogenesis - PMC and amy shared this too: Impact of etiology, age and gender on onset and severity of hyponatremia in patients with hypopituitarism: retrospective analysis in a specialised endocrine unit JC mentioned reports of sodium loss from biliary sodium as a cause of hyponatremia: Severe Persistent Hyponatremia: A Rare Presentation of Biliary Fluid Loss - PMC , Hyponatremia after Choledochostomy and T Tube Drainage   but here’s a reference that did measure biliary sodium concentration in children and found the concentration in bile was similar to plasma (which can lead to significant sodium losses! But not hyponatremia unless replete with dilute fluids ;) 10.1001/archpedi.1986.02140200045024 Here’s a set of articles by Tom Berl on hyponatremia- the first on solute intake and the second in setting of CKD (enjoy! These are really great!): Impact of solute intake on urine flow and…

People in this episode

Host: Roger

Topics covered

• hyponatremia
• endocrine factors
• kidney disease
• patient case report
• sodium loss

Keywords

• hyponatremia
• hypothyroidism
• endocrine factors
• sodium loss
• kidney disease

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Severe Persistent Hyponatremia: A Rare Presentation of Biliary Fluid Loss - PMC, Hyponatremia after Choledochostomy and T Tube Drainage, Impact of solute intake on urine flow and water excretion, Dysnatremias in Patients With Kidney Disease - PMC, THE AGING, Pattern Recognition versus Pathogenesis - PMC

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