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. 2026 Oct 16;15(20):8056. doi: 10.3390/jcm15208056
Abbreviation Abbreviated Entity
[Na+]S Serum sodium concentration
[Na+]SW Sodium concentration in serum water
[Na+]Scor Serum sodium concentration in hyperglycemia corrected for normalization of serum glucose without changes in body sodium, potassium, or water
[Na+]U Sodium concentration in urine
TBNaExch Total body exchangeable sodium
[K+]U Potassium concentration in urine
VU Urine flow rate
TBKExch Total body exchangeable potassium
TBW Total body water
SWC Serum water content
SSC Serum solid content
[Osm]LS Serum osmolality
[Osm]RS Serum osmolarity
[Gap]OsmS Serum osmol gap
[Osm]LU Urine osmolality
[Ton]S Serum tonicity (effective osmolarity)
CHF Congestive heart failure
CKD Chronic kidney disease
ADH Antidiuretic hormone (vasopressin)
SIADH Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion
ECV Extracellular volume
EABV Effective arterial blood volume
AVPR2 Arginine vasopressin receptor 2
CSW Cerebral salt wasting
Il-6 Interleukin-6
HPRwsp Haptoglobin-related protein without signal peptide
ANP Atrial natriuretic peptide
BNP Brain natriuretic peptide
NT--proBNP N-terminal pro b-type natriuretic peptide
ACTH Adrenocorticotropic hormone
[Ca++]U/[Cr]U (Urine calcium concentration)/(Urine creatinine concentration)
BIA Bioelectrical impedance
SGLT2 Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2
CRRT Continuous Renal Replacement therapy
ODS Osmotic demyelination syndrome