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Critical care medicine 27 (6): 1105-8 (1999)
Hypernatremia in the intensive care unit: an indicator of quality of care?
K H Polderman
,
W O Schreuder
,
R J Strack van Schijndel
,
L G Thijs
ABSTRACT
To assess the frequency of hypernatremia in patients who were admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) and to determine the correlation of hypernatremia with the clinical outcomes, durations of the patients' stays in the ICU, and other clinical variables.