Advanced age, altered level of consciousness and a new diagnosis of diabetes are independently associated with hypernatreamia in hyperglycaemic crisis

BACKGROUND: There is limited literature on hypernatreamia in the setting of hyperglycaemic crisis. This is despite the fact that the presence of hypernatreamia may impact on the classification of hyperglycaemic crisis and its management particularly with regards to the nature of fluid therapy. We de...

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Autores principales: Ekpebegh, Chukwuma O, Longo-Mbenza, Benjamin, Nge-Okwe, Augustin, Ogbera, Anthonia O, Tonjeni, Nomawethu T
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3103444/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21501465
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6823-11-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3103444/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21501465
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6823-11-8

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