A consistent recent finding has been the strong association between hyponatremia and fractures. Initially, two case control studies reported the association of mild asymptomatic hyponatremia with bone ...

Hyponatremia is caused by water retention (N Engl J Med. 2000;342:1581-1589). Except for patients with renal failure whose inability to eliminate excess water is independent of hormonal controls, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The cumulative incidence of hyponatremia was about 1.4 percentage points higher for thiazide diuretics than ...

As a general rule, the treatment of hyponatremia should be directed at the primary underlying disorder because such treatment might, in itself, correct the electrolyte imbalance. Thiazide diuretics ...

Sodium correction limits have been around since bed rest for back pain. The latter is gone but the former persists. While bed rest simply delays recovery, rapid sodium correction may cause osmotic ...

The deployment of a best practice alert for at-risk total joint arthroplasty patients is associated with a 1-year reduction ...

In the past two years we have observed 4 patients with manifestations of deranged function of the central nervous system in whom hyponatremia appeared to be related to an abnormal secretion of ...

Careful evaluation of older patients with epilepsy is necessary for minimizing the risk of hyponatremia. As a large population of patients with epilepsy ages, risk of hyponatremia has become an ...

Hyponatremia occurs when sodium levels in the body are below the typical level. It may develop in people living with cirrhosis, which is when scar tissue develops on the liver and replaces healthy ...

Physicians may soon have a new way to help predict cancer at earlier stages. Interestingly, it may hinge on sodium levels. In a recent study, hyponatremia was associated with the subsequent diagnosis ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients referred within the first day of admission had a median 8.41-day hospital stay. Patients referred after ...

Hyponatremia, defined as low serum sodium levels, represents a frequently encountered electrolyte abnormality with significant relevance in pregnancy. The condition poses unique diagnostic and ...