Purpose: To estimate the body water deficit in a patient with hypernatremia.
In hypernatremia there is often a deficit of body water. From knowledge of body weight and serum sodium levels the magnitude of the deficit can be estimated.
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Specialty: Endocrinology, Clinical Laboratory
Objective: laboratory tests, other testing
ICD-10: E87.0,
