The diagnosis and management of hyponatremia can be intimidating, for both trainees and clinicians alike. We present five clinical scenarios of patients with hyponatremia. These discussions reinforce concepts reviewed elsewhere in this issue of Seminars in Nephrology and/or emphasize specific causes and management issues.
⁎Renal Divisions, Brigham and Women's Hospital and VA Boston Healthcare System: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
†Division of Kidney Disease and Hypertension, Brown University, Warren Alpert Medical School, Providence, RI
Address reprint requests to David B. Mount, MD, Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Room 540, 4 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA 02215
Disclosure: Dr. Mount reports lecture fees from Astellas Pharma, makers of conivaptan.
Supported by National Institutes of Health grants (DK57708 and DK070756), the American Heart Association, and the Veterans Administration.
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