Hyponatremia and mortality among very elderly residents in a geriatric health service facility

Hyponatremia and mortality among very elderly residents in a geriatric health service facility

Introduction Hyponatremia is common among elderly patients. This study aimed to examine the prognostic value of hyponatremia among elderly residents in a geriatric facility. Methods We retrospectively examined the association between serum sodium levels and mortality among 118 residents (82% female,...

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical and experimental nephrology 2018-12, Vol.22 (6), p.1404-1410
Hauptverfasser: Naka, Tamayo, Kohagura, Kentaro, Kochi, Masako, Ohya, Yusuke
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Sprache:eng
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Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Cause of Death
Female
Geriatrics
Health risk assessment
Health services
Health Services for the Aged
Humans
Hyponatremia
Hyponatremia - mortality
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mortality
Multivariate analysis
Nephrology
Original Article
Proportional Hazards Models
Retrospective Studies
Risk factors
Sodium
Sodium - blood
Urology
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction Hyponatremia is common among elderly patients. This study aimed to examine the prognostic value of hyponatremia among elderly residents in a geriatric facility. Methods We retrospectively examined the association between serum sodium levels and mortality among 118 residents (82% female, mean age 85.5 years) in a single geriatric health service facility. We defined hyponatremia as Na 
ISSN:1342-1751
1437-7799
DOI:10.1007/s10157-018-1607-x