Geriatric Medicine

Electrolyte disorders

Questions discussed in this category

In older adults with chronic mild hyponatremia (Na 128–132) attributed to SSRIs but good psychiatric response, do you tolerate persistent hyponatremia, reduce the dose, or switch agents?

At what sodium level do you intervene?

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Papers discussed in this category

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2006 Feb

Hyponatremia and arginine vasopressin dysregulation: mechanisms, clinical consequences, and management.

The New England journal of medicine, 2023 Oct 19

The Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuresis.

American family physician, 2023 Nov

Diagnosis and Management of Sodium Disorders: Hyponatremia and Hypernatremia.

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