Question 116 · LEK · Sodium balance
Spurious hyponatremia occurs secondary to:
- A. CNS disease.
- B. Addison disease.
- C. renal tubular acidosis.
- D. hyperglycemia.
- E. hypopituitarism.
Hint
Look for the cause in which serum osmolality rises and water moves from the cells into the extracellular space.
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