Chasing spurious hyponatraemia

[...]spurious hyponatraemia is well known during hyperglycaemia and hypertriglyceridaemia. 2 Elevation of serum glucose levels induces a translocation of water from the intracellular fluid to the extracellular compartment sufficient to reduce serum sodium. 2 Correction factor of Katz states that the...

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Published in:Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition 2002-01, Vol.86 (1), p.F69-70
Main Authors: Mohan, M S, Patole, S K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Birth weight
Diarrhea
Humans
Hyperglycemia - complications
hyponatraemia
Hyponatremia - etiology
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature
Infant, Premature, Diseases - blood
Letter
preterm
Sodium
Translocation
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Summary:[...]spurious hyponatraemia is well known during hyperglycaemia and hypertriglyceridaemia. 2 Elevation of serum glucose levels induces a translocation of water from the intracellular fluid to the extracellular compartment sufficient to reduce serum sodium. 2 Correction factor of Katz states that the serum sodium level decreases by 1.6 mmol/l for each 5.6 mmol/l increase in glucose level. 2 Hyponatraemia during hypertriglyceridaemia is a method dependent artifactual reduction of serum sodium concentration resulting from displacement of a portion of a water phase of the plasma by lipid.
ISSN:1359-2998
1468-2052
DOI:10.1136/fn.86.1.F69-a