The association between serum sodium levels at time of admission and mortality and morbidity in acutely admitted elderly patients: A prospective cohort study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2227-2228

  Frenkel, Wijnanda J ^a   Van Den Born, Bert Jan H ^b   Van Munster, Barbara C ^b   Korevaar, Johanna C ^b   Levi, Marcel ^a   De Rooij, Sophia E ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Clinical Epidemiology Biostatistics and Bioinformatics ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM;

AGED; AGED HOSPITAL PATIENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPONATREMIA; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPONATREMIA; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SODIUM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78449305798     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03104.x     Document Type: Letter

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