Use of the osmolal gap in diagnosing mixed physiology hyponatremia in a child with B‐cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Hyponatremia is common among children undergoing treatment for hematologic malignancies and may be attributed to multiple underlying causes. In cases of hyponatremia due to mixed physiology, the osmolal gap, can identify pseudohyponatremia that may be masked by other causes.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Gabbay, Jonathan M., Place, Andrew E., Ilowite, Maya, Zhu, Jia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10225615/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37255617
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.7428
Descripción
Sumario:Hyponatremia is common among children undergoing treatment for hematologic malignancies and may be attributed to multiple underlying causes. In cases of hyponatremia due to mixed physiology, the osmolal gap, can identify pseudohyponatremia that may be masked by other causes.

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