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American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 50 (6): 952-7 (2007)
Hypernatremia in the critically ill is an independent risk factor for mortality.
Gregor Lindner
,
Georg-Christian Funk
,
Christoph Schwarz
,
Nikolaus Kneidinger
,
Alexandra Kaider
,
Bruno Schneeweiss
,
Ludwig Kramer
,
Wilfred Druml
ABSTRACT
Hypernatremia is common in the intensive care unit (ICU). We assessed the prevalence of hypernatremia and its impact on mortality and ICU length of stay (LOS).