Medical Term:
low salt syndrome
Definition: a syndrome resulting from salt restriction and use of diuretics in treatment of congestive heart failure and hypertension, characterized by weakness, drowsiness, muscle cramps, and a reduction in glomerular filtration with consequent nitrogen retention, renal failure, and sometimes death; occurs also in cirrhosis of the liver with ascites and in adrenal insufficiency.
Synonym(s): salt depletion syndrome
Search Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Examples: glitazone, GI cocktail, etc.
