Hyponatraemia in elderly emergency department patients: A marker of frailty

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 311-317

  Brouns, S H A ^a   Dortmans, M K J ^a   Jonkers, F S ^a   Lambooij, S L E ^a   Kuijper, A ^a   Haak, H R ^a,b,c  

^a MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Frail elderly; Hyponatraemia; Outcome

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIURETIC AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DELIRIUM; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOVOLEMIA; INAPPROPRIATE VASOPRESSIN SECRETION; INTERNAL MEDICINE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MALE; MORTALITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PLASMA OSMOLALITY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; URINE OSMOLALITY; WATER DEPRIVATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84904622326     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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