Severe hyponatraemia in elderly hospitalized patients: Prevalence, aetiology and outcome

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 574-580

  Shapiro, D S ^a   Sonnenblick, M ^a   Galperin, I ^a   Melkonyan, L ^a   Munter, G ^a  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

cerebral salt wasting; elderly; hyponatraemia; multifactorial; outcome

Indexed keywords

THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL SALT WASTING; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; INAPPROPRIATE VASOPRESSIN SECRETION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SODIUM CHLORIDE SYMPORTER INHIBITORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955788600     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2010.02217.x     Document Type: Article

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