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6478674

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-11-19
pubmed:abstractText
To determine the prognosis of hyponatremia in an unselected population, we collected clinical and laboratory data and determined the outcome of hospitalization for all hyponatremic patients in a general hospital over a three month period. Of the 78 patients studied, 36 (46%) had CNS symptoms while 42 (54%) were asymptomatic. Using a diagnostic algorithm we classified the patients with CNS symptoms into two groups: those with CNS symptoms due to hyponatremia (11 patients) and those with CNS symptoms caused by other factors (25 patients). Twenty-one patients (27%) died during the study. The highest mortality (64%) was in patients with CNS symptoms related to factors other than hyponatremia. Patients with CNS symptoms due to hyponatremia had a mortality rate (9%) similar to that of patients without CNS symptoms (10%). These findings suggest that the relationship between hyponatremia and outcome is probably not causal. Rather, hyponatremia appears to be a marker for severe underlying disease that carries a poor prognosis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0301-0430
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
72-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
The outcome of hyponatremia in a general hospital population.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article