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Pathogenesis of Hyponatremia​​​  Serum Sodium Sentinel
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Register Now  The 3 categories of hyponatremia  In general,
hyponatremia can be described as an excess of body water
relative to serum sodium levels, often identified as a serum
sodium concentration <135 mEq/L. It is often associated with
decreased serum osmolality resulting from changes in total body
water, rather than from changes in body sodium content. These
changes are often associated with thirst, vasopressin, and the
kidney.1  Hyponatremia may be depletional, resulting from
electrolyte losses in excess of water (depletional
hyponatremia), or dilutional, resulting from retained water
(dilutional hyponatremia). Dilutional hyponatremia is often
associated with an excessive secretion of vasopressin.2  H