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Sodium measurement

18/09/2026 by Bob Dunn

The Hyponatraemia page has been simplified by the removal of reference to factors affecting [Na+] when using flame photometric or indirect ion sensing methods as these are rarely, if ever used in current practice.

Categories Updates Tags Clinical skills
Hypernatraemia
Analytical errors in biochemistry

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Respiratory alkalosis: each 10 mmHg decrease in pCO2 increases pH by 0.05 - 0.08 acutely, 0.03 chronically

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