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Chapter 6. Renal sodium handling
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Keypoints
- Sodium is the major cation in extracellular fluid
- Sodium is freely filtered and then reabsorbed, but not secreted.
- Most sodium reabsorption is in the proximal tubule.
- Sodium reabsorption is driven by the 3Na+/2K+ ATPase
- The common major diuretic drugs inhibit sodium reabsorption and increase sodium and water excretion
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