The Secret Stories of Sodium How Infants, Athletes, Psychotics, And Otherwise Healthy People Die from Sodium Imbalance

Abstract

LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. Define the normal blood sodium concentration and the definitions of hypo-and hypernatremia. 2. Summarize how extracellular sodium and intracellular potassium drive tonicity balance 3. Describe the roles of hormones in sodium balance. 4. Explain how plasma osmolality and plasma volume are monitored within the body.