HIGHLIGHTS
- who: Norlela Sukor from the Affairs, United States University of California, San Francisco have published the Article: Case Report: Severe Hypernatremia From Ingestion of One`s Own Urine, in the Journal: (JOURNAL)
- what: Hypernatremia from drinking one`s own urine is triggered by several mechanisms, the most profound is the presence of high serum urea that drives significant osmotic diuresis leading to hypovolemia and subsequent hypernatremia.
SUMMARY
Hypernatremia is defined as abnormally high serum sodium concentration and usually is a sequela of increased water loss, reduced water intake and rarely increased . . .
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