Sodium

The main salt in body fluids; levels reflect water balance.

Lab test

English: Sodium
Arabic medical term: الصوديوم
Common Arabic term: الملح
Abbreviation: Na
Also called: الصوديوم، أملاح الدم، الملح، sodium، na، hyponatremia، hypernatremia

Health topics

Convert sodium on food labels to salt and compare with the WHO limit.

Public~1 min

For healthcare professionals

Sodium corrected for hyperglycaemia using the Katz (1.6) and Hillier (2.4) factors.

Professional~1 min

For healthcare professionals

Estimated free water deficit in hypernatraemia from sodium and total body water.

Professional~2 min

For healthcare professionals

Estimated sodium deficit in hyponatraemia, and the expected change in sodium per litre of a chosen fluid (Adrogué–Madias).

Professional~3 min

Everyone & professionals

For monovalent electrolytes (sodium, potassium, chloride, bicarbonate) mmol/L and mEq/L are identical.

Public & professional~1 min