Open AccessHyponatremia in ultradistance triathletes
Author(s) -
Dale B. Speedy,
Timothy D. Noakes,
Ian R. Rogers,
John M. D. Thompson,
Robert G. Campbell,
Jonathan Kuttner,
D. Ross Boswell,
Samson Wright,
Mark Hamlin
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
medicine and science in sports and exercise
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.703
H-Index - 224
eISSN - 1530-0315
pISSN - 0195-9131
DOI - 10.1097/00005768-199906000-00008
Subject(s) - hyponatremia , athletes , medicine , etiology , sodium , incidence (geometry) , endocrinology , physical therapy , chemistry , organic chemistry , physics , optics
Hyponatremia ([plasma sodium] <135 mmol x L(-1)) is a potentially serious complication of ultraendurance sports. However, the etiology of this condition is still uncertain. This observational cohort study aimed to determine prospectively the incidence and etiology of hyponatremia in an ultradistance triathlon.