Data complete?
Serum sodium is:
Estimated sodium deficit
Estimated sodium excess
Plasma osmolality is:
Total body solute
Current volume of body water
Normal total body water
Total body water
Method 1
• normal volume body water
• current total body water
• body water excess
• body water deficit
Method 2 (Washington Manual)
• current total body water
• body water excess
• body water deficit
• body water in balance
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Purpose: To estimate the excesses or deficits in states of sodium abnormalities.
Specialty: Endocrinology, Clinical Laboratory
Objective: clinical diagnosis, including family history for genetics, laboratory tests
ICD-10: E87.1, E87.7,
