Mortality and causes of death in patients hospitalized with hyponatremia – a propensity matched cohort study
Excess mortality with hyponatremia is proportional to the sodium disturbance but attenuates over time. However, causes of death suggest that residual confounding from imbalanced severity of underlying diseases is the main cause of increased mortality.
Authors
- Jakob Skov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3738-1367)
- Issa Issa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1944-5395)
- Henrik Falhammar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5622-6987)
- Jonatan D. Lindh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7198-7269)
- Buster Mannheimer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5789-8470)
- Mikael Andersson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9837-4486)
Institutions
- Karolinska University Hospital (SE)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- Stockholm South General Hospital (SE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Internal Medicine
- Published
- 2025-04-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejim.2025.04.012
- Citations
- 9
- Primary Topic
- Electrolyte and hormonal disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 13.67