24-hour vs Spot Urinary Sodium and Potassium Measurements in Adult Hypertensive patients; A Cohort Validation Study.

CONCLUSIONS: Spot urinary measurements of sodium give a very poor understanding of the naturesis occurring over the same 24-hour period. The Kawasaki and Tanaka estimations of the 24-hour sodium excretion showed a much lower correlation than previously reported. PMID: 31247068 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31247068?dopt=Abstract

Source: American Journal of Hypertension - June 26, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Wan ER, Cross J, Sofat R, Walsh SB Tags: Am J Hypertens Source Type: research