Frequency, aetiology and outcome of hypernatraemia in hospitalised patients in Umtata, Transkei, South Africa

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 85-88

  Erasmus, R T ^a   Matsua, T E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRANSKEI   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEHYDRATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DIURESIS; DIURETIC THERAPY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SOUTH AFRICA; THIRST;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERNATREMIA; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0032589948     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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