• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: The association of hyponatremia, risk of confusional state, and mortality : a prospective controlled longitudinal study in older patients
  • Work titles: Assoziation von Hyponatriämie, Delirrisiko und Mortalität
  • Contributor: Zieschang, Tania [VerfasserIn]; Wolf, Marcia [VerfasserIn]; Oster, Peter [VerfasserIn]; Uhlmann, Lorenz [VerfasserIn]
  • imprint: 16 December 2016
  • Published in: Deutsches Ärzteblatt international ; 113(2016), 50, Seite 855-562
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2016.0855
  • ISSN: 1866-0452
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  • Footnote: Aus dem Deutschen übersetzt
  • Description: 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,...
  • Access State: Open Access