A 68-year-old woman is admitted with confusion, hyponatraemia (Na⁺ 118 mmol/L), low serum osmolality and inappropriately high urine sodium and osmolal...

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A 68-year-old woman is admitted with confusion, hyponatraemia (Na⁺ 118 mmol/L), low serum osmolality and inappropriately high urine sodium and osmolality. She is euvolaemic clinically. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH)

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Hypovolaemic hyponatraemia due to diuretics

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Hypervolaemic hyponatraemia due to heart failure

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Psychogenic polydipsia

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Adrenal insufficiency

uk-plab-1 MCQ (SBA): SIADH

A 68-year-old woman is admitted with confusion, hyponatraemia (Na⁺ 118 mmol/L), low serum osmolality and inappropriately high urine sodium and osmolality. She is euvolaemic clinically. What is the most likely diagnosis?