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Hyponatraemia and SIADH in cancer: emergency hypertonic saline, safe correction and treating the cause Low sodium in the blood is common in cancer, especially small-cell lung cancer, and can also come from some cancer drugs, sickness or diarrhoea. Vomiting, confusion, drowsiness or a fit with low sodium is an emergency: hospital teams give a strong salt drip in small doses and check often, because raising sodium too fast can damage the brain. Then the cause is treated. | Small-cell lung cancer | none | protocol, acute-oncology, oncological-emergency |