The association of hyponatremia, risk of confusional state, and mortality: a prospective controlled longitudinal study in older patients
With a prevalence of 15-30%, hyponatremia is the most common electrolyte abnormality in hospital inpatients (1-3). Geriatric patients are a high-risk group because of their changed physiology, multimorbidities, and polypharmacy (4). In older persons,...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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16 December 2016
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Deutsches Ärzteblatt
Year: 2016, Volume: 113, Issue: 50, Pages: 855-562 |
| ISSN: | 1866-0452 |
| DOI: | 10.3238/arztebl.2016.0855 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.3238/arztebl.2016.0855 Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://www.aerzteblatt.de/int/archive/article?id=184626 
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| Author Notes: | Tania Zieschang, Marcia Wolf, Tinu Vellappallil, Lorenz Uhlmann, Peter Oster, Daniel Kopf |
| Summary: | With a prevalence of 15-30%, hyponatremia is the most common electrolyte abnormality in hospital inpatients (1-3). Geriatric patients are a high-risk group because of their changed physiology, multimorbidities, and polypharmacy (4). In older persons,... |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 17.08.2018 Aus dem Deutschen übersetzt |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1866-0452 |
| DOI: | 10.3238/arztebl.2016.0855 |