Hypernatremia differential diagnosis

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aida Javanbakht, M.D.

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Hypernatremia must be differentiated from other diseases that cause

References

Disease	Clinical manifestations								Paraclinical Findings
	Symptoms and Signs								Lab Findings
	Confusion/ Irritable	Urine output	Vomiting/ Diarrhea	Volume status	Seizure	Blood pressure	Dry mucous membranes	Other
									Urine Osm	Serum Na	Other
Central diabetes insipidus	+	Polyuria	-	Hypovolemic	+	Could be high	+	-	<250 mOsm/kg	May be >170 mEq/L	Low arginin vasopressin level