Hypernatremia in the Critically Ill Is an Independent Risk Factor for Mortality

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 952-957

  Lindner, Gregor ^a   Funk, Georg Christian ^b   Schwarz, Christoph ^a   Kneidinger, Nikolaus ^a   Kaider, Alexandra ^a   Schneeweiss, Bruno ^a   Kramer, Ludwig ^a   Druml, Wilfred ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Wiener Krankenanstaltenverbund   (Austria)

Author keywords

causes; critically ill; hospital acquired; Hypernatremia; prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYPERNATREMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 36248983190     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.08.016     Document Type: Article

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