Version 2.78

Part Description

LP15099-2   Sodium
Sodium (Na) is a positively charged electrolyte and a mineral. Eighty-five percent of Na is located in the blood and lymph fluid. The hormone aldosterone that is secreted by the adrenal glands helps to regulate Na levels by signaling the kidneys to either retain or secrete it. Damage or disease to the kidneys can lead to dangerous fluctuations of sodium. Na plays a number of key roles in the homeostasis of the human body. It helps to maintain blood volume by osmotically pulling water into the blood vessels. Too much sodium in the blood may cause too much water to be brought into the blood vessels and lead to high blood pressure. Muscles and nerves conduct electrical impulses that require charged particles including Na. The electrical currents cause muscle cells to contract and nerve cells to relay electrical signals between them. Too little sodium can lead to muscle spasms, cramps, headache, irritability, restlessness, nausea and fatigue. Extreme hyponatremia can lead to confusion, hallucinations, decreased consciousness and coma. Conversely, hypernatremia can cause lethargy or restlessness, deep tendon reflexes, muscle spasticity and seizures. Source: Regenstrief LOINC, Sodium healthy eating

Reference Information

Type Source Reference
Mapping Guidance LOINC This term was made to accommodate a laboratory system outside of the US. LOINC currently discourages the use of specimens combining ser/plas and blood in one term (as ser/plas/bld) for two reasons. First, practices usually want to distinguish the two on ordering since whole blood usually implies a point of care test and ser/plas usually implies sending to another location. Second, whole blood tests are usually classified as low complexity (waived) under CLIA regulations, and because waived tests are excluded from the annual COLA report of testing volume (required by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) and ser/plas tests are not, the two have to be distinguished.

Fully-Specified Name

Component
Sodium
Property
SCnc
Time
Pt
System
Ser/Plas/Bld
Scale
Qn
Method

Additional Names

Short Name
Sodium SerPlBld-sCnc
Display Name
Sodium (S/P/Bld) [Moles/Vol]
Consumer Name Alpha Get Info
Sodium, Blood

Basic Attributes

Class
CHEM
Type
Laboratory
First Released
Version 2.52
Last Updated
Version 2.68
Change Reason
Release 2.68: DefinitionDescription: Moved to Mapping Guidance section.
Order vs. Observation
Both

Member of these Groups Get Info

LOINC Group Group Name
LG11363-5 Sodium|SCnc|Pt|ANYBldSerPl

Language Variants Get Info

Tag Language Translation
de-AT German (Austria) Synonyms: Natrium /S /P /B
es-ES Spanish (Spain) Sodio:Concentración de sustancia:Punto temporal:Suero, Plasma o Sangre:Qn:
Synonyms: Cuantitativo
es-MX Spanish (Mexico) Sodio:Concentración de sustancias:Punto temporal:Suero, plasma o sangre:Cuantitativo:
et-EE Estonian (Estonia) Naatrium:SCnc:Pt:S/P/B:Qn:
Synonyms: Aine kontsentratsioon Juhuslik Kvantitatiivne Plasma Seerum Seerum või plasma Seerum või plasma või veri Veri
fr-CA French (Canada) Sodium:Concentration de substance:Temps ponctuel:Sérum/Plasma/Sang:Quantitatif:
fr-FR French (France) Sodium:Moles/Volume:Ponctuel:Sérum/Plasma/Sang:Numérique:
fr-BE French (Belgium) Sodium:Concentration de substance:Temps ponctuel:Sérum/Plasma/Sang:Quantitatif:
Synonyms: Na+
it-IT Italian (Italy) Sodio:SCnc:Pt:Siero/Plasma/Sangue:Qn:
Synonyms: Chimica Concentrazione di Sostanza Plasma Plasma o Sangue Punto nel tempo (episodio) Sangue Siero Siero o Plasma Siero,Plasma o Sangue
nl-NL Dutch (Netherlands) natrium:mol/volume:moment:serum of plasma of bloed:kwantitatief:
pl-PL Polish (Poland) Sód:stężenie molowe:punkt w czasie:surowica, osocze lub krew:ilościowy:
ru-RU Russian (Russian Federation) Натрий:МолКонц:ТчкВрм:Сыв/Плаз/Кр:Колич:
Synonyms: Количественный Кровь Молярность;Молярная объёмная концентрация Плазма Сыворотка Сыворотка или Плазма Сыворотка, Плазма или Кровь Точка во времени;Момент
tr-TR Turkish (Turkey) Sodyum:SubKons:Zmlı:Ser/Plaz/Kan:Kant:
zh-CN Chinese (China) 钠:物质的量浓度:时间点:血清/血浆/全血:定量型:
Synonyms: Na;Na+;钠离子 克分子浓度;克分子浓度(单位体积);摩尔浓度;摩尔浓度(单位体积);物质的量浓度(单位体积) 化学;化学检验项目;化学检验项目类;化学类;化学试验;非刺激耐受型化学检验项目;非刺激耐受型化学检验项目类;非刺激耐受型化学试验;非刺激耐受型化学试验类 可用数量表示的;定量性;数值型;数量型;连续数值型标尺 时刻;随机;随意;瞬间 血;血液 血浆或全血;血浆/血液;血浆或血液 血清、血浆或全血;血清、血浆或血液;血清/血浆/血液 血清或血浆

Example Units

Unit Source
mmol/L Example UCUM Units

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