PubMed ID:
21187188
Public Release Type:
Journal
Publication Year: 2011
Affiliation: Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass. 02115, USA. swaikar@partners.org
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2010.07.029
Authors:
Waikar SS,
Brunelli SM,
Curhan GC
Studies:
Hemodialysis Study
low serum sodium concentrations are associated with an increased risk of death in the general population, but causality is uncertain due to confounding from clinical conditions such as congestive heart failure and cirrhosis, in which hyponatremia results from elevated levels of arginine vasopressin.