Open AccessAcquired hypernatremia in a general surgical Intensive Care Unit: Incidence and prognosis
Author(s) -
Mariam Al-Ansari,
Ahmed Abdulmomen,
Mohammed A. Hussein,
Ahmad Zubaidi,
Jalal T Alswaiti
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
saudi journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.416
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1658-354X
pISSN - 0975-3125
DOI - 10.4103/1658-354x.177327
Subject(s) - medicine , hypernatremia , intensive care unit , epidemiology , incidence (geometry) , mechanical ventilation , emergency medicine , mortality rate , retrospective cohort study , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , sodium , chemistry , physics , organic chemistry , optics
Intensive Care Unit (ICU)-acquired hypernatremia (IAH) is a serious electrolyte disturbance that recently was shown to present an independent risk factor for mortality in critically ill patients. IAH has not been widely investigated in Surgical ICU (SICU) patients. No study has specifically investigated IAH epidemiology in the Kingdome of Saudi Arabia (KSA) in general SICU. The objectives of this study are to assess the epidemiological characteristics and prognostic impact of IAH on SICU mortality and outcome in KSA and compare it with international figures.