Severe hyponatraemia: Investigation and management in a district general hospital

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 893-896

  Saeed, Bakri O ^a,b   Beaumont, D ^b   Handley, G H ^b   Weaver, J U ^b  

^a WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT; ELECTROLYTE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VASOPRESSIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROLYTE URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MORTALITY; OSMOLALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; VASOPRESSIN RELEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROLYTES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; INAPPROPRIATE ADH SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION;

EID: 0036903373     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.55.12.893     Document Type: Article

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