Results showed that changes in blood osmolality and ghrelin levels corresponded well with the degree of thirst and hunger, suggesting that thirst resulting from dry food consumption can be quantified.

Plasma uric acid is in a low-to-normal range ... the clinician to suspect SIADH rather than CSW are dilute serum with a osmolality less than 280 mOsm/L, hyponatremia and low BUN with concurrent ...