TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Metabolic Complications of Malignancy: Hyponatraemia A1 - Griffiths, Richard A1 - McNulty, Sid A2 - Young, Alison A2 - Board, Ruth E. A2 - Leonard, Pauline A2 - Cooksley, Tim A2 - Stewart, Andrew A2 - Michie, Caroline Y1 - 2020 N1 - T2 - Problem Solving in Acute Oncology, 2e AB - A 62-year-old female smoker with chronic obstructive airways disease presented to the emergency department with a collapse. She gave a 6 week history of cough, anorexia and weight loss with recent onset of dizziness, nausea and confusion. The admitting doctor noted that she was vague; her abbreviated mental test score was 7 out of 10. A chest X-ray showed a large mass at the right hilum with widening of the mediastinum. Her serum sodium level was 111 mmol/l.What are the causes of hyponatraemia?How should this patient be managed? SN - PB - Association of Cancer Physicians CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2021/03/09 UR - hemonc.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1167764695 ER -