Urine sodium

Parameter	Value
renal blood flow	RBF=1000 ml/min
hematocrit	HCT=40%
renal plasma flow	RPF=600 ml/min
filtration fraction	FF=20%
glomerular filtration rate	GFR=120 ml/min
urine flow rate	V=1 mL/min

Sodium	Inulin	Creatinine	PAH
SNa=150 mEq/L	SIn=1 mg/mL	SCr=0.01 mg/ml	SPAH=
UNa=710 mEq/L	UIn=150 mg/mL	UCr=1.25 mg/mL	UPAH=
CNa=5 mL/min	CIn=150 ml/min	CCr=125 mL/min	CPAH=420 ml/min
			ER=90%
			ERPF=540 ml/min

Urine sodium is a measurement of the level of sodium in the urine.

Because the hypothalamus/osmoreceptor system ordinarily works well to cause drinking or urination to restore the body's sodium concentrations to normal, this system can be used in medical treatment to regulate the body's total fluid content, by first controlling the body's sodium content. Thus, when a powerful diuretic drug is given which causes the kidneys to excrete sodium, the effect is accompanied by an excretion of body water (water loss accompanies sodium loss). This happens because the kidney is unable to efficiently retain water while excreting large amounts of sodium. In addition, after sodium excretion, the osmoreceptor system may sense lowered sodium concentration in the blood and then direct compensatory urinary water loss in order to correct the hyponatremic (low blood sodium) state.