Hospital-based descriptive study of symptomatic hyponatremia in elderly patients

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 667-669

  Rao, My ^a   Sudhir, U ^a   Anil Kumar, T ^a   Saravanan, S ^a   Mahesh, E ^a   Punith, K ^b  

^a Department of Medicine ^*  (India)

^b MS Ramaiah Medical Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONFUSION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; INDIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHWARTZ BARTTER SYNDROME; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; URINE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONFUSION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; INAPPROPRIATE ADH SYNDROME; INDIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 78651239906     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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