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May 15, 2020 • 13 tweets • 4 min read
1/ Clinical Question: A person with chronic liver disease and alcohol misuse disorder is admitted to the hospital and is found to be hyponatremic. How can we formulate a differential and sort through various probable diagnoses? Also, what the heck is even beer potomania!?
2/ Background: Getting ready for my Peds and Medicine AIs, and for me, hyponatremia is this vague, nebulous concept creating a clinical syndrome of fatigue, muscle cramping, nausea, vomiting, headaches, and disorientation.