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Managing Hyponatraemia in Heart Failure

Year: 2008

Type: article

Abstract: Hyponatremia is the most common electrolytic abnormality in clinical practice and has a reported incidence of 15–30% in adults.1,2 It is particularly common in heart failure: the Organized Program to Initiate Life Saving Treatment in Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure (OPTIMIZE-HF) registry recorded that 25.3% of 47,647 heart failure patients had hyponatremia on admission.3 In this registry, patients with hyponatremia had increased in-hospital and post-discharge mortality and longer median hospital stay compared with those with higher sodium l

Source: European Cardiology Review

DOI: 10.15420/ecr.2008.4.2.39

Author: William T Abraham

Institution: The Ohio State University

Language: English

Topic: Electrolyte and hormonal disorders

Subfield: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $2,146