Jaime Mazón Ruiz, Eduardo Josue Banegas, Jose Luis Pérez Canga, Luis Bravo González-Blas, Natalia Menéndez García, Adriana Cavada Bustamante, Mara Serrano Soto, Emilio Sánchez Álvarez, Roberto Alcázar Arroyo, Gregorio A Romero-González
Hyponatremia is a multifactorial disorder defined as a decrease in plasma sodium concentration. Its differential diagnosis requires an adequate evaluation of the extracellular volume (ECV). However, ECV determination, simply based on the clinical history, vital signs, physical examination, and laboratory findings can leads to misdiagnosis and inappropriate treatment. The use of Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS), through the combination of Lung Ultrasound (LUS), Venous Excess UltraSound (VExUS) and Focused Cardiac Ultrasound (FoCUS), allows a much more accurate holistic assessment of the patient's ECV status in combination with the other parameters...
April 16, 2024: Nefrología