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February 1, 1986Archives of Internal Medicine

Postoperative hyponatremia. A prospective study

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Population

1,088 prospectively studied postoperative patients

Design

Cohort

Authors

HCH. M. Chung

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Implication

May support isotonic fluids postoperatively; leaves open whether restriction reduces events in randomized trials.

Structured PICO

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Population
1,088 prospectively studied postoperative patients
O
Outcome
Development of postoperative hyponatremia (plasma sodium concentration <130 mEq/L)

Postoperative hyponatremia is a common complication often driven by hypotonic fluid administration in the presence of nonosmotic secretion of arginine vasopressin.

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H. M. Chung (1986) studied this question.

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