Hyponatremia is a condition that happens when you don’t have enough sodium in your blood. We often try to limit how much salt (sodium) is in the foods we eat, but it’s important to remember that our ...

Hospital-acquired hyponatremia can be lethal. There have been multiple reports of death or permanent neurological impairment in both children and adults. The main factor contributing to the ...

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Philip Andrew eloquently explains the problems of referring to circulating plasma volume as “effective,” and we concur with his comments. Our reference to low effective circulating volume in heart ...

Although exercise-associated hyponatremia has been reported in several studies, the effect of participation in long-distance triathlon races on plasma sodium levels is unknown. Prior studies have ...