Acquired hypernatraemia is an independent predictor of mortality in critically ill patients

Anaesthesia

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 514-520

  O'Donoghue, Stephen D ^a   Dulhunty, J M ^a   Bandeshe, H K ^a   Senthuran, S ^a   Gowardman, J R ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM ION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERNATREMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 66049101020     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2008.05857.x     Document Type: Article

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