Effects of correction equation for actual sodium concentration on the reduction in frequency of reports on pseudohyponatremia

Abstract

Serum sodium concentration could be spuriously reduced by excess glucose or lipid; thus, hyponatremia should be reassessed before reporting in order to exclude the possibility of pseudohyponatremia.

Keywords

• corrected sodium
• equation
• hyperglycemia
• hyperlipidemia
• hyponatremia
• pseudohyponatremia