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What is the chloride level? Hypernatremia with an elevated chloride is almost certainly due to dehydration, but renal and hypothalamic diabetes insipidus, heat exhaustion, and hypertonic fluid administration may also be responsible. A ... DIAGNOSTIC WORKUP
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Serum sodium may be increased by water deprivation, excessive water losses without sufficient repletion, or excessive sodium intake. The majority of cases of this common problem are due to free water deficit rather than sodium excess. When evaluating a patient with... Differential Diagnosis ... Workup and Diagnosis ... Treatment
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Hypernatremia is defined as a serum sodium concentration ([Na+]) >147 meq/L (some texts use >150 meq/L). In the normal state, the response to increased serum osmolarity is stimulation of thirst (promotes fluid intake) and an increase in ADH (increases water uptake... Differential Diagnosis ... Workup and Diagnosis ... Treatment
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... If an electrolyte profile shows an elevated sodium level, the physiology model of intake, regulation and excretion may be applied to develop a list of possibilities. However, the focus should be on water intake, transport, regulation, and excretion
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... Pure Water Loss
Inability to obtain or swallow water (e.g., coma, dementia, infancy)
Impaired thirst drive (e.g., hypothalamic lesion)
Increased insensible loss
Excessive Sodium Intake
Iatrogenic sodium
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If an electrolyte profile shows an elevated sodium level, the
physiology model of intake, regulation, and excretion may be applied to
develop a list of possibilities. However, the focus should be on water
intake, transport, regulation, and excretion because... Pictures
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