Clinical and laboratory characteristics of hypernatraemia in an internal medicine clinic

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 136-143

  Liamis, George ^a   Tsimihodimos, Vasilis ^a   Doumas, Michalis ^a   Spyrou, Athanasia ^a   Bairaktari, Eleni ^a   Elisaf, Moses ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Electrolyte abnormalities; Hypernatraemia

Indexed keywords

SODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; INTERNAL MEDICINE; METABOLIC DISORDER;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; HYPERNATREMIA; INCIDENCE; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WATER-ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE;

EID: 44449169922     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfm376     Document Type: Article

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