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Hyponatraemia occurs in many different systemic disease states and is the most frequent electrolyte abnormality seen in a general hospital population, with an incidence of about 1%.' 2 Hyponatraemia is usually the result of dilution, although both total body water and extracellular volume may be high, low, or normal.
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