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cerebral salt wasting

Etiology: - subarachnoid hemorrhage - closed head injury [1] Pathology: - increased salt loss by kidney resulting in hyponatremia Clinical manifestations: - hyponatremia occurs over hours to days rather than minutes [1] Laboratory: - serum sodium: hyponatremia

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metabolic disease

References

  1. Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 17, 18. American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2015, 2018.