Open AccessMortality and Serum Sodium
Author(s) -
Arun Chawla,
Richard H. Sterns,
Sagar U. Nigwekar,
Joseph Cappuccio
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
clinical journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1555-905X
pISSN - 1555-9041
DOI - 10.2215/cjn.10101110
Subject(s) - hyponatremia , medicine , sepsis , mortality rate , retrospective cohort study , illness severity , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , severity of illness
Severe hyponatremia (<120 mEq/L) in hospitalized patients has a high mortality rate. We hypothesized that underlying diseases causing hyponatremia attribute to mortality rather than hyponatremia itself.