Hypernatremia in the Emergency Department
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Tarih
2012
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Turk Nefroloji Diyaliz Transplantasyon Dergisi
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info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
Özet
INTRODUCTION: To determine the symptoms, clinical characteristics, prevalence and outcome of patients with hypernatremia who presented at the emergency department. MATERIA LAND METHODS: We retrospectively studied patients who presented at the emergency department with hypernatremia (Na>148 meq/l) from January 2008 to December 2008. RESULTS: A total of 25.545 cases presented at the Emergency Department and hypernatremia was seen in 86 patients. The prevalence of hypernatremia was 0.34%. The mean age was 69.5 +/- 15.2 (2096, median age: 75) years and 51 of them (59%) were male. Forty percent of the patients died. There were no significant differences according to age, gender and admission Na levels. A comorbid disease were seen 99% of patients. Cerebrovascular disease(CVD), dementia/Alzheimer and hypertension were the most common co-morbid diseases (respectively, 34%, 34%, and 27%). Central neurological system disorders (such as thrombotic or hemorrhagic CVD, Alzheimer, etc.) were seen in 72% of the cases. Fifty patients had acute infection at the time of admission. Acute urinary infection, pneumonia and acute CVD were the most common acute illnesses. CONCLUSION: Hypernatremia is usually seen in the geriatric population and associated with a high mortality and morbidity rate and the majority of patients with hypernatremia have a comorbid disease. The prevalence of hypernatremia was 0.34% in our emergency department.
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Anahtar Kelimeler
Hypernatremia, Prevalance, Symptoms, Mortality, Risk factors
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Turkish Nephrology Dialysis and Transplantation Journal
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Cilt
21
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2
