Nonosmotic secretion of arginine vasopressin and salt loss in hyponatremia in Kawasaki disease.
Kenichiro MiuraYutaka HaritaNaoto TakahashiHaruko TsurumiHiroki YasudoTsuyoshi IsojimaYoichiro HirataRyo InuzukaKeiichi TakizawaEtsushi ToyofukuHajime NishimotoMasaru TakamizawaTaro AndoMasahiro SugawaAtsuhiro YanagisawaJun InatomiYoshitsugu NogimoriAkiko KinumakiYoshiyuki NamaiMotoshi HattoriAkira OkaPublished in: Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society (2020)
Our study shows that hyponatremia in KD is euvolemic or hypervolemic and is associated with nonosmotic secretion of ADH and salt loss in the majority of patients.