RT Book, Section
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
SR Print(0)
ID 1167764695
T1 Metabolic Complications of Malignancy: Hyponatraemia
T2 Problem Solving in Acute Oncology, 2e
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB Association of Cancer Physicians
PP New York, NY
SN 9780995595439
LK hemonc.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1167764695
RD 2021/03/06
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?