Moderate hyponatremia is associated with increased risk of mortality: Evidence from a meta-analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Corona, Giovanni ^a   Giuliani, Corinna ^b   Parenti, Gabriele ^b   Norello, Dario ^b   Verbalis, Joseph G ^c   Forti, Gianni ^b   Maggi, Mario ^b   Peri, Alessandro ^b  

^a BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; SODIUM; WATER-ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE;

EID: 84893186628     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080451     Document Type: Article

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