Case report: An index of suspicion in hyponatraemia.

Serum indices can give valuable information and should be interpreted as a result. Lipaemia can influence results through different mechanisms, an important one being the electrolyte exclusion effect. A case of pseudohyponatraemia due to this is reported.

Performance of glycated albumin for type 2 diabetes and prediabetes diagnosis in a South African population.

Objective: To assess the utility of glycated albumin (GA%) as a diagnostic marker of type 2 diabetes and prediabetes in an African population.

Methods: GA% levels were determined in a sample of 1294 mixed ancestry adults (74.2% women) residing in Cape Town using an enzymatic method.