{"id":32880,"date":"2023-04-02T12:01:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T09:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/?p=32880"},"modified":"2023-04-18T23:50:04","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T20:50:04","slug":"sodium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/sodium\/","title":{"rendered":"Sodium"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<strong>About<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>the<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>test<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sodium is an electrolyte of vital importance in the human organism. It is acquired by food and it is secreted by sweat and by the kidneys. Its function is critical in acid-balance mechanism and contributes in neuromuscular functioning.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sample<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Venous blood<\/p>\n<p><strong>Preparation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>None required<\/p>\n<p><strong>Procedure<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Venipuncture<\/p>\n<p><strong>Increased values<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dehydration<\/li>\n<li>Diabetes insipidus<\/li>\n<li>Cushing\u2019s disease<\/li>\n<li>Sweating<\/li>\n<li>Diarrhea<\/li>\n<li>Vomiting<\/li>\n<li>Hyperaldosteronism<\/li>\n<li>Renal dysfunction<\/li>\n<li>Drugs (androgens, estrogens, mannitol, tetracycline)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Decreased values<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chronic renal failure<\/li>\n<li>Addison\u2019s disease<\/li>\n<li>Adrenal gland failure<\/li>\n<li>Hypotension<\/li>\n<li>Diabetes mellitus<\/li>\n<li>Hepatic cirrhosis<\/li>\n<li>Hypothyroidism<\/li>\n<li>Hysterectomy<\/li>\n<li>Drugs (heparin, diuretics, lithium, carbamazepine, captopril)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Additional information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The elevation of sodium levels in blood is called hypernatremia, whereas its decrease, hyponatremia.<\/p>\n<p>The equilibrium of sodium and water is controlled by hormones such as renin, aldosterone and antidiuretic hormone.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sodium is an electrolyte of vital importance in the human organism. It is acquired by food and it is secreted by sweat and by the kidneys. Its function is critical in acid-balance mechanism and contributes in neuromuscular functioning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33283,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-list-of-exams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32880"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33503,"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32880\/revisions\/33503"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}