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Hypernatremia

MedGen UID:
6966
Concept ID:
C0020488
Disease or Syndrome
Synonym: Hypernatremias
SNOMED CT: Sodium overload (771115008); Hypernatremia (771115008); Na excess (771115008); Na overload (771115008)
 
HPO: HP:0003228

Definition

An abnormally increased sodium concentration in the blood. [from HPO]

Conditions with this feature

Diabetes insipidus, nephrogenic, X-linked
MedGen UID:
288785
Concept ID:
C1563705
Disease or Syndrome
Hereditary nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (NDI) is characterized by inability to concentrate the urine, which results in polyuria (excessive urine production) and polydipsia (excessive thirst). Affected untreated infants usually have poor feeding and failure to thrive, and rapid onset of severe dehydration with illness, hot environment, or the withholding of water. Short stature and secondary dilatation of the ureters and bladder from the high urine volume is common in untreated individuals.
Diabetes insipidus, nephrogenic, autosomal
MedGen UID:
289643
Concept ID:
C1563706
Disease or Syndrome
Hereditary nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (NDI) is characterized by inability to concentrate the urine, which results in polyuria (excessive urine production) and polydipsia (excessive thirst). Affected untreated infants usually have poor feeding and failure to thrive, and rapid onset of severe dehydration with illness, hot environment, or the withholding of water. Short stature and secondary dilatation of the ureters and bladder from the high urine volume is common in untreated individuals.
Hartsfield-Bixler-Demyer syndrome
MedGen UID:
335111
Concept ID:
C1845146
Congenital Abnormality
FGFR1-related Hartsfield syndrome comprises two core features: holoprosencephaly (HPE) spectrum disorder and ectrodactyly spectrum disorder. HPE spectrum disorder, resulting from failed or incomplete forebrain division early in gestation, includes alobar, semilobar, or lobar HPE. Other observed midline brain malformations include corpus callosum agenesis, absent septum pellucidum, absent olfactory bulbs and tracts, and vermian hypoplasia. Other findings associated with the HPE spectrum such as craniofacial dysmorphism, neurologic issues (developmental delay, spasticity, seizures, hypothalamic dysfunction), feeding problems, and endocrine issues (hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and central insipidus diabetes) are common. Ectrodactyly spectrum disorders are unilateral or bilateral malformations of the hands and/or feet characterized by a median cleft of hand or foot due to absence of the longitudinal central rays (also called split-hand/foot malformation). The number of digits on the right and left can vary. Polydactyly and syndactyly can also be seen.
Severe dermatitis-multiple allergies-metabolic wasting syndrome
MedGen UID:
816049
Concept ID:
C3809719
Disease or Syndrome
A rare genetic epidermal disorder with characteristics of congenital erythroderma with severe psoriasiform dermatitis, ichthyosis, severe palmoplantar keratoderma, yellow keratosis on the hands and feet, elevated immunoglobulin E, multiple food allergies, and metabolic wasting. Other variable features may include hypotrichosis, nail dystrophy, recurrent infections, mild global developmental delay, eosinophilia, nystagmus, growth impairment and cardiac defects.
Hyperammonemic encephalopathy due to carbonic anhydrase VA deficiency
MedGen UID:
816734
Concept ID:
C3810404
Disease or Syndrome
Most children with carbonic anhydrase VA (CA-VA) deficiency reported to date have presented between day 2 of life and early childhood (up to age 20 months) with hyperammonemic encephalopathy (i.e., lethargy, feeding intolerance, weight loss, tachypnea, seizures, and coma). Given that fewer than 20 affected individuals have been reported to date, the ranges of initial presentations and long-term prognoses are not completely understood. As of 2021 the oldest known affected individual is an adolescent. Almost all affected individuals reported to date have shown normal psychomotor development and no further episodes of metabolic crisis; however, a few have shown mild learning difficulties or delayed motor skills.
Webb-Dattani syndrome
MedGen UID:
863145
Concept ID:
C4014708
Disease or Syndrome
Webb-Dattani syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by frontotemporal hypoplasia, globally delayed development, and pituitary and hypothalamic insufficiency due to hypoplastic development of these brain regions. Patients present soon after birth with multiple pituitary hormonal deficiencies and subsequently develop microcephaly, seizures, and spasticity. Other features include postretinal blindness and renal abnormalities (summary by Webb et al., 2013).
Immunodeficiency 82 with systemic inflammation
MedGen UID:
1781752
Concept ID:
C5543581
Disease or Syndrome
Immunodeficiency-82 with systemic inflammation (IMD82) is a complex autosomal dominant immunologic disorder characterized by recurrent infections with various organisms, as well as noninfectious inflammation manifest as lymphocytic organ infiltration with gastritis, colitis, and lung, liver, CNS, or skin disease. One of the more common features is inflammation of the stomach and bowel. Most patients develop symptoms in infancy or early childhood; the severity is variable. There may be accompanying fever, elevated white blood cell count, decreased B cells, hypogammaglobulinemia, increased C-reactive protein (CRP; 123260), and a generalized hyperinflammatory state. Immunologic workup shows variable B- and T-cell abnormalities such as skewed subgroups. Patients have a propensity for the development of lymphoma, usually in adulthood. At the molecular level, the disorder results from a gain-of-function mutation that leads to constitutive and enhanced activation of the intracellular inflammatory signaling pathway. Treatment with SYK inhibitors rescued human cell abnormalities and resulted in clinical improvement in mice (Wang et al., 2021).

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Tomkins M, Lawless S, Martin-Grace J, Sherlock M, Thompson CJ
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Etiology

Chauhan K, Pattharanitima P, Patel N, Duffy A, Saha A, Chaudhary K, Debnath N, Van Vleck T, Chan L, Nadkarni GN, Coca SG
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Morley JE
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Diagnosis

Ilardi A
Diagnosis (Berl) 2022 Nov 1;9(4):403-410. Epub 2022 Aug 2 doi: 10.1515/dx-2022-0034. PMID: 35918296
Seay NW, Lehrich RW, Greenberg A
Am J Kidney Dis 2020 Feb;75(2):272-286. Epub 2019 Oct 10 doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2019.07.014. PMID: 31606238
Muhsin SA, Mount DB
Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab 2016 Mar;30(2):189-203. Epub 2016 Mar 4 doi: 10.1016/j.beem.2016.02.014. PMID: 27156758
Morley JE
Clin Geriatr Med 2015 Aug;31(3):389-99. Epub 2015 May 11 doi: 10.1016/j.cger.2015.04.007. PMID: 26195098
Braun MM, Barstow CH, Pyzocha NJ
Am Fam Physician 2015 Mar 1;91(5):299-307. PMID: 25822386

Therapy

Chand R, Chand R, Goldfarb DS
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Muhsin SA, Mount DB
Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab 2016 Mar;30(2):189-203. Epub 2016 Mar 4 doi: 10.1016/j.beem.2016.02.014. PMID: 27156758
Braun MM, Barstow CH, Pyzocha NJ
Am Fam Physician 2015 Mar 1;91(5):299-307. PMID: 25822386
Lindner G, Funk GC
J Crit Care 2013 Apr;28(2):216.e11-20. Epub 2012 Jul 2 doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2012.05.001. PMID: 22762930
Kraft MD, Btaiche IF, Sacks GS, Kudsk KA
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2005 Aug 15;62(16):1663-82. doi: 10.2146/ajhp040300. PMID: 16085929

Prognosis

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Voets PJGM, Vogtländer NPJ, Kaasjager KAH
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Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2019 May 7;14(5):656-663. Epub 2019 Apr 4 doi: 10.2215/CJN.10640918. PMID: 30948456Free PMC Article
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Hepatol Int 2018 Nov;12(6):487-499. Epub 2018 Sep 10 doi: 10.1007/s12072-018-9894-6. PMID: 30203382
Liamis G, Filippatos TD, Elisaf MS
Postgrad Med 2016;128(3):299-306. Epub 2016 Feb 23 doi: 10.1080/00325481.2016.1147322. PMID: 26813151

Clinical prediction guides

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Recent systematic reviews

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