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Sodium and Water

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Pediatric Nephrology

Abstract

There must be something about the topic of sodium and water homeostasis that reaches deep within the human psyche and prompts authors to wax poetic in search of literary aphorisms (1, 2). In the past, the author looked to the ancients to demonstrate that human beings probably have an intuitive sense of the critical role played by salt balance and the integrity of the plasma compartment for the maintenance of life in terrestrial species. For the second time, the author turns to a contemporary voice for inspiration in this chapter that reviews the physiological mechanisms involved in the control of sodium and water homeostasis. Using this knowledge as a basis, there will be an analysis of the common diseases that arise when these systems malfunction and a discussion of the optimal therapy for these conditions.

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  1. Medical College of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, USA

    Ellis Avner (Director, Children's Research Institute, CHHS, Associate Dean for Research, Professor of Pediatrics and Physiology) (Director, Children's Research Institute, CHHS, Associate Dean for Research, Professor of Pediatrics and Physiology)

  2. Harvard Medical School, Children's Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, USA

    William Harmon (Professor of Pediatrics, Director, Pediatric Nephrology) (Professor of Pediatrics, Director, Pediatric Nephrology)

  3. Service de Néphrologie Pédiatrique Centre de référence des Maladies Rénales Héréditaires de l'Enfant et de l'Adulte (MARHEA), Hôpital Necker‐Enfants Malades, 149, rue de Sèvres, 75743, Paris Cedex 15, France

    Patrick Niaudet

  4. Department of Pediatrics Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama Medical University Hospital, 641–8510811–1, Kimiidera, Wakayama City, Japan

    Norishige Yoshikawa (Professor and Chair Pediatrician‐in‐Chief) (Professor and Chair Pediatrician‐in‐Chief)

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Trachtman, H. (2009). Sodium and Water. In: Avner, E., Harmon, W., Niaudet, P., Yoshikawa, N. (eds) Pediatric Nephrology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-76341-3_7

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