A 64-year-old man with chronic kidney disease stage 3 presents with serum sodium 122 mmol/L. He is euvolaemic clinically, on a thiazide diuretic and S...

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A 64-year-old man with chronic kidney disease stage 3 presents with serum sodium 122 mmol/L. He is euvolaemic clinically, on a thiazide diuretic and SSRIs. Plasma osmolality is low, urine osmolality is high and urine sodium is elevated. Which diagnosis best fits these findings?

Accepted Answer

Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH)

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Hyperglycaemic hyponatraemia

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Hypovolaemic hyponatraemia due to diuretics alone

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Pseudohyponatraemia due to hyperlipidaemia

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Primary polydipsia

au-amc MCQ (SBA): Hyponatraemia due to SIADH

A 64-year-old man with chronic kidney disease stage 3 presents with serum sodium 122 mmol/L. He is euvolaemic clinically, on a thiazide diuretic and SSRIs. Plasma osmolality is low, urine osmolality is high and urine sodium is elevated. Which diagnosis best fits these findings?