The Correlation Between Urine Specific Gravity and Urine Osmolality in Patients with Hyponatremia

Authors

  • Vasant Sumethkul Department of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
  • Kittiwan Choojitarom Department of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
  • Atiporn Ingsathit Department of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
  • Piyanuch Radinahamed Department of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.

Keywords:

hyponatremia, urine osmolality, urine specific gravity, syndrome of inappropriate ADH, volume status.

Abstract

Range of urine osmolality can usually be predicted by multiplying the last two digits of urine sp.gr. by a factor of 30 and 40 (conventional formula).

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2017-01-12

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Sumethkul, V., Choojitarom, K., Ingsathit, A., & Radinahamed, P. (2017). The Correlation Between Urine Specific Gravity and Urine Osmolality in Patients with Hyponatremia. International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), 31(1), 181–189. Retrieved from https://www.gssrr.org/index.php/JournalOfBasicAndApplied/article/view/6763

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