SAN DIEGO — The use of a targeted plasma sodium correction did not reduce 30-day mortality and rehospitalization rates in hospitalized patients with hyponatremia despite often achieving normonatremia, ...

New Orleans — Should serum sodium in chronic hyponatremia be corrected slowly or rapidly? Two expert nephrologists faced off in an hour-long debate on the topic here at the National Kidney Foundation ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Medium or fast sodium correction reduced the risk for death or neurologic complications vs. slow correction. The ...

These data fill a knowledge gap, given that large randomized clinical trials assessing hyponatremia correction are unlikely to be performed. New research findings dispel the dogma that slower ...

Human cells dwell in salt water. Their well-being depends on the ability of the body to regulate the salinity of extracellular fluids. By controlling water intake and excretion, the osmoregulatory ...

Low serum sodium concentrations in blood are called hyponatremia, a prevalent clinical electrolyte disorder. In contrast to acute hyponatremia, chronic hyponatremia has been previously considered ...

Correcting moderate hyponatremia in hospitalized patients with chronic hyponatremia did not reduce readmissions or deaths. A multifaceted strategy to actively correct chronic hyponatremia in ...

Background. A 49-year-old woman presented to hospital with an 18-month history of hyponatremic episodes, nausea, vomiting, anorexia and fatigue. Investigations. Physical examination, laboratory tests ...