Mild hyponatremia is associated with impaired cognition and falls in community-dwelling older persons

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1838-1839

  Gunathilake, Roshan ^a   Oldmeadow, Christopher ^a   McEvoy, Mark ^a   Kelly, Brian ^a,b   Inder, Kerry ^a,b   Schofield, Peter ^c   Attia, John ^d  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE MARKER; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSING HOMES; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SODIUM;

EID: 84885584895     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12468     Document Type: Letter

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