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Hyponatremia in patients admitted to a coronary care unit
J R Evans1, J P McIntosh, H J McIntosh
1Department of Biochemical Medicine, Stracathro Hospital, Brechin, Scotland, U.K.
Clinical Chemistry
|February 1, 1990
Abstract:
Calculation of osmolal gap in plasma and urine samples from patients after acute myocardial infarction was carried out to see whether changes in these variables support the concept of a "sick-cell" mechanism being responsible for the hyponatremia associated with acute myocardial infarction. Some supportive evidence was found on the first day after admission but, overall, the evidence was not convincing.