Diagnostic accuracy of calculated serum osmolarity to predict dehydration in older people: Adding value to pathology laboratory reports

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Hooper, Lee ^a   Abdelhamid, Asmaa ^a   Ali, Adam ^a   Bunn, Diane K ^a   Jennings, Amy ^a   John, W Garry ^b   Kerry, Susan ^b   Lindner, Gregor ^c   Pfortmueller, Carmen A ^d   Sjöstrand, Fredrik ^e   Walsh, Neil P ^f   Fairweather Tait, Susan J ^a   Potter, John F ^a,b   Hunter, Paul R ^a,b   Shepstone, Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; UREA;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEHYDRATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY ANALYZER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM OSMOLALITY; SERUM OSMOLARITY; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; ADULT; BLOOD; EUROPE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); OSMOLARITY; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DEHYDRATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84945954560     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008846     Document Type: Article

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