Cerebral salt-wasting syndrome is a term first used incorrectly in the 1950's to describe patients who, in fact, experienced the syndrome of inappropriate ADH secretion. Many authors have ...

Due to escalating polyuria and pronounced natriuresis accompanied by hyponatremia, cerebral salt-wasting syndrome (CSWS) overlapping with CDI was diagnosed. Desmopressin was reinitiated, ...

HYPONATREMIA has been observed repeatedly in patients with various brain lesions. Observations on a number of patients with cerebral hyponatremia were reported by Peters and his co-workers 1 in 1950.

A number of small studies have suggested that cerebral salt wasting syndrome (CSWS) is the most common cause of hyponatraemia following SAH, due to the finding that plasma atrial natriuretic ...

It is quite possible that several of the cases previously reported in the literature under the name of "cerebral" or "pulmonary salt wasting" represent examples of the syndrome under discussion.

Two mechanisms have been proposed as causes: syndrome of inappropriate anti-diuretic hormone and cerebral salt wasting. Physical examination and laboratory results can assist a clinician in ...

A urine sodium level less than 20 mmol/L is indicative of hypovolemia, whereas a level greater than 40 mmol/L is suggestive of the syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion. Levels of ...