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A 42 year old female is referred via her psychiatrist following the incidental finding of hyponatraemia. On examination she is slim, normotensive and has no other features of note. She is currently prescribed no medication. She complains of excessive thirst, and you suspect psychogenic polydipsia.
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Spasovski G, et al. Clinical practice guideline on diagnosis and treatment of hyponatraemia. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2014;29(Suppl 2):i1–i39.
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Fairweather, J., Findlay, M., Isles, C. (2020). Hyponatraemia. In: Clinical Companion in Nephrology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38320-6_5
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