Hyponatremia and the nursing implications.
Serum sodium concentration plays a major role in the body's volume status. Low serum sodium levels can be dangerous and even fatal if hyponatremia is severe. The key to understanding hyponatremia is relating it to volume status. Hyponatremia is frequently associated with hypovolemia or fluid overload. Sharp assessment skills and client teaching can prove invaluable in the prevention and treatment of hyponatremia.
General Medicine Heart Failure Clinic, Capital District Health Authority, Halifax.
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D000368:Aged; D015984:Causality; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007010:Hyponatremia / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods; D012964:Sodium / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine; D014882:Water-Electrolyte Balance
D012964:Sodium