Hypernatremia in Hospitalized Patients

Letters15 November 1996Hypernatremia in Hospitalized PatientsPaul M. Palevsky, MD and Arthur Greenberg, MDPaul M. Palevsky, MDUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15261.University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261.Search for more papers by this author and Arthur Greenberg, MDUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15261.University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-125-10-199611150-00020 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail IN RESPONSE:Dr. Moritz raises an important issue. We reported an overall hospital mortality rate of 41% in 103 patients who were admitted with hypernatremia or developed the condition during hospitalization. Hypernatremia was judged to be a significant comorbid factor in the deaths of 16% of the patients on the basis of the severity of underlying diagnoses and comorbid conditions and of the temporal relation between hypernatremia and death, even though no deaths were directly attributable to hypernatremia (for example, intracranial bleeding caused by cerebral dehydration). Although delayed or inadequate treatment of hypernatremia was not associated with a statistically significant ... Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15261.University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byRegulation of Inflammatory Functions of Macrophages and T Lymphocytes by NFAT5 15 November 1996Volume 125, Issue 10Page: 860KeywordsDeath ratesHemorrhageHospitalizationsHypernatremiaMortality Issue Published: 15 November 1996 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 1996 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...