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Severe Hyponatremia Presenting with Minimal Symptoms

Hyponatremia is a common electrolyte abnormality, however, encountering a patient with serum sodium level below 100 mEq/L and minimal symptoms is unusual. We present the case of an 86-year-old woman who was found to have serum sodium levels of 99 mEq/L. Her only complaint was difficulty in walking....

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Autores principales: Lwanga, Anita, Mohamed, Amira, Patel, Mayank, Serrano, Andres
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5757850/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29326859
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1830