Death risk doubled for patients experiencing early hyponatremia after starting a thiazide diuretic. Patients who experience hyponatremia soon after starting thiazide diuretics have an increased risk ...
This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...
A randomized trial of hospitalized patients with moderate hyponatremia compared targeted sodium correction versus routine care on mortality and rehospitalization rates.
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients referred within the first day of admission had a median 8.41-day hospital stay. Patients referred after ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The cumulative incidence of hyponatremia was about 1.4 percentage points higher for thiazide diuretics than ...
In older adults, low sodium often results from certain medications, kidney issues, or infections. Because multiple factors may contribute, treatment depends on identifying the underlying cause. Sodium ...
Careful evaluation of older patients with epilepsy is necessary for minimizing the risk of hyponatremia. As a large population of patients with epilepsy ages, risk of hyponatremia has become an ...