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2257702

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-1-29
pubmed:abstractText
To evaluate the incidence and causes of hyponatremia in intensive care unit (ICU) patients, retrospective and prospective studies were done. Hyponatremia was defined as a serum sodium concentration equal to or less than 134 mmol/l (134 mEq/l). Prospectively, 29.6% of patients displayed hyponatremia. Relevant data were obtained in twelve patients. Two patients did not have serum hypoosmolality. In the ten patients with serum hypoosmolality, urine osmolality was not maximally dilute and urine sodium concentration was greater than 30 mmol/l (30 mEq/l) suggesting inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH). However, three patients exhibited suppressed ADH levels despite absence of maximal urinary dilution. The data suggest that hyponatremia is common in ICU patients and that renal diluting defects are frequent. Therefore, hypotonic fluid should be administered cautiously.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0301-0430
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
34
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
163-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Incidence and etiology of hyponatremia in an intensive care unit.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, New York 10021.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article