Hyponatremia and mortality risk: A Danish cohort study of 279 508 acutely hospitalized patients

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 71-81

  Holland Bill, Louise ^a   Christiansen, Christian Fynbo ^a   Heide Jørgensen, Uffe ^a   Ulrichsen, Sinna Pilgaard ^a   Ring, Troels ^b   Jørgensen, Jens Otto L ^a   Sørensen, Henrik Toft ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANISH CITIZEN; DENMARK; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT RISK; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SURVIVAL; VERY ELDERLY; BLOOD; COMORBIDITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SODIUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84935082158     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-15-0111     Document Type: Article

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