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 . Mortality risk nearly doubled for patients who developed hyponatremia soon after initiating a thiazide vs.

Purpose: An overview of hyponatremia is provided, including its pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, signs and symptoms, and treatment, particularly with arginine vasopressin (AVP)-receptor ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the February 2007 issue, the following text on page 90 was printed incorrectly: “In an open-label study of 104 patients with euvolemic hyponatremia, conivaptan was administered as an intravenous ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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