ArticleBMC emergency medicine2018
Seasonal prevalence of hyponatremia in the emergency department: impact of age.
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- Outdoor temperature and circulating sodium in children with acute gastroenteritis.Pediatric research · 2022Article
- Combined Effect of Seasonality and Hyponatremia on the Occurrence of Hip Fractures Among Older Adults.Indian journal of orthopaedics · 2022Article
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- Seasonal Changes in the Prevalence of Hyperkalemia in the Emergency Department: A Single Center Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Article
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- Prevalence of hyponatremia among older inpatients in a general hospital.European geriatric medicine · 2020Article
- Prevalence and incidence of hyponatremia and their association with diuretic therapy: Results from North India.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2019Article
- Impact of age on the seasonal prevalence of hypernatremia in the emergency department: a single-center study.International journal of emergency medicine · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundHyponatremia is one of the most commonly encountered electrolyte disorders in emergency department (ED). Seasonal fluctuations of the prevalence of hyponatremia has been reported. We investigated the impact of age on the seasonal prevalence of hyponatremia in the emergency department in Japan.
methodsTotal of 8377 patients presented to the ED between January 2015 and December 2016 were reviewed. The adult group aged between 18 and 64 years old consisted of 3656 patients and the elderly group aged over 65 years consisted of 4721 patients. Information collected included age, sex, serum sodium, and serum creatinine. Hyponatremia was defined as a serum sodium leve1 < 135 mEq/L and severe hyponatremia was defined as a serum sodium level < 125 mEq/L.
resultsPrevalence of hyponatremia was significantly higher in the elderly group than in the adult group (17.0% vs. 5.7%, p < 0.001). Similarly, the prevalence of severe hyponatremia was significantly higher in the elderly group than in the adult group (1.9% vs. 0.3%, p < 0.001). Prevalence of hyponatremia and severe hyponatremia was significantly higher in the elderly group than in the adult group in all seasons. In the elderly group, there was a significant correlation between weather high temperature during summer and prevalence of hyponatremia (r = 0.510, p = 0.011).
conclusionThere was a major impact of age on the seasonal prevalence of hyponatremia and severe hyponatremia. Strategies to prevent hyponatremia and severe hyponatremia should be taken especially in the elderly patients during summer.
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