Age-Related Variety in Electrolyte Levels and Prevalence of Dysnatremias and Dyskalemias in Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department

Gerontology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 420-423

  Lindner, Gregor ^a   Pfortmüller, Carmen A ^a   Leichtle, Alexander B ^a   Fiedler, Georg M ^a   Exadaktylos, Aristomenis K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Age; Gender; Hyperkalemia; Hypernatremia; Hypokalemia; Hyponatremia

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; ELECTROLYTE; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; AGING; BLOOD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWITZERLAND; WATER-ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DIURETICS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POTASSIUM; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SODIUM; SWITZERLAND; WATER-ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927646438     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000360134     Document Type: Article

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