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Sodium is the most abundant cation and the chief base of the blood.
Its primary functions in the body are to maintain osmotic pressure and acid-
extracellular fluid include renal blood flow, carbonic anhydrase enzyme activity,
Normal Values:
Procedure:
Avoid hemolysis.
Clinical Implications:
2. Conns syndrome
3. primary aldosteronism
4. coma
5. Cushings disease
6. diabetes insipidus
7. tracheobronchitis
1. severe burns
5. Addisons disease
6. severe nephritis
7. pyloric obstruction
8. malabsorption syndrome
9. diabetic acidosis
11. edema
13. hypothyroidism
Interfering Factors:
sodium levels.
levels.
High triglycerides or low protein can cause artificially low sodium values.
hypotension)