Cerebral salt wasting syndrome

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Published in Shibley Rahman, Avinash Sharma, MRCP Part 2 Best of Five Practice Questions, 2018

What is the most likely diagnosis? cranial diabetes inspidushypoadrenalismfluid overloadsyndrome of inappropriate ADH (SIADH)cerebral salt wasting syndrome

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Published in Brian J Pollard, Gareth Kitchen, Handbook of Clinical Anaesthesia, 2017

Eleanor Chapman

Hyponatraemia complicates up to 30% of cases of SAH usually due to the syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone. Cerebral salt wasting syndrome may occur due to secretion of ANP causing excessive natriuresis, hyponatraemia and hypovolaemia.

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Published in Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy, 2021

Marise Bremer, Yakub E Kadernani, Sean Wasserman, Robert J Wilkinson, Angharad G Davis

Hyponatremia presents in 44% of TM cases, with cerebral salt wasting syndrome more frequently the underlying cause and relating to severity of the condition, than the syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone [151]. Distinction between these two causes is critical and clinical estimation of intravascular fluid volume can guide the diagnosis [152]. Fever in TBM increases 1 year mortality, but aggressive temperature control still requires further investigation [153].

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