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wasting

 [wāst´ing]
1. the gradual deterioration of an individual, usually with loss of strength and muscle mass; it may be accompanied by loss of appetite, which makes it worse.
2. excessive depletion.
wasting disease any disease marked especially by progressive emaciation and weakness.
salt wasting inappropriate sodium excretion in the urine (natriuresis) with hyponatremia and hyperkalemia; see also salt-losing crisis (syndrome).
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

salt wast·ing

inappropriately large renal excretion of salt despite the apparent need of the body to retain it.
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

salt wast·ing

(sawlt wāst'ing)
Inappropriately large renal excretion of salt despite the apparent need of the body to retain it.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
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Sodium and water regulation in a patient with cerebral salt wasting. Arch Neurol.
Cerebral Salt-Wasting Syndrome in a Patient with Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis: The Use of Fludrocortisone in Treatment/Subakut Sklerozan Panensefalitli Bir Hastada Serebral Tuz Kaybi Sendromu: Tedavide Fludrokortizon Kullanimi
PBS cases in which salt wasting developed have been reported in the literature.10 Patient 4 was diagnosed with PBS.
A potential serious complication in infants with congenital obstructive uropathy: Secondary pseudohypoaldosteronism
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Cerebral Salt-Wasting Syndrome Caused by Minor Head Injury
Clinicians must exert great caution when administering cisplatin due to its severe and potentially life-threatening salt wasting complication.
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Initial presentation of systemic PHA type I may be confused with salt wasting congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), renal PHA type I, secondary PHA, or renal tubular acidosis (RTA) type IV.
Systemic Pseudohypoaldosteronism Type I: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Cerebral salt wasting syndrome after calvarial remodeling in craniosynostosis.
Severe dehydration and acute renal failure associated with external ventricular drainage of cerebrospinal fluid in children
Hyponatremia in a neurosurgical patient: Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion versus cerebral salt wasting. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 15, 262-268.
Hyponatremia in the patient with subarachnoid hemorrhage
Cerebral salt wasting shows an excessively high urinary sodium concentration, >100 mmol/L (4).
Take with a grain of salt
Cerebral salt wasting (CSW) is a hyponatremic condition originally thought to cause all sodium losses in patients with cerebral disease.
Fluid and electrolyte management in the neurologically-impaired patient
Pseudohypoaldosteronism type 1 is a rare disorder characterized by renal resistance to aldosterone which may present with a salt wasting crisis in infancy.
Life threatening hyperkalemia in a neonate with Pseudo-hypoaldosteronism
Mineralocorticoid deficiency leads to renal salt wasting, which results in severe dehydration ifleft untreated.
Monitoring of therapy in congenital adrenal hyperplasia
The differential diagnosis of hyponatremia with a high urine sodium and osmolality (as determined in this case) consists of diuretic use, primary or secondary adrenal insufficiency, cerebral salt wasting, salt-wasting nephropathy, and SIADH (1).
Severe hyponatremia with high urine sodium and osmolality

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