Community-acquired hypernatremia in elderly and very elderly patients admitted to the hospital: Clinical characteristics and outcomes

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Turgutalp, Kenan ^a   Özhan, Onur ^a   Oǧuz, Ebru Gök ^a   Yilmaz, Arda ^a   Horoz, Mehmet ^b   Helvaci, Ilter ^a   Kiykim, Ahmet ^a  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Community acquired hypernatremia; Cost; Elderly; Morbidity; Mortality

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED HYPERNATREMIA; COMORBIDITY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE; KATZ INDEX; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERNATREMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY;

EID: 84874770345     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.883600     Document Type: Article

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