Death risk doubled for patients experiencing early hyponatremia after starting a thiazide diuretic. Patients who experience hyponatremia soon after starting thiazide diuretics have an increased risk ...
People who have syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH) produce excessive amounts of antidiuretic hormones. It leads to the body developing an imbalance of sodium and water.
In older adults, low sodium often results from certain medications, kidney issues, or infections. Because multiple factors may contribute, treatment depends on identifying the underlying cause. Sodium ...
SAN DIEGO — The use of a targeted plasma sodium correction did not reduce 30-day mortality and rehospitalization rates in hospitalized patients with hyponatremia despite often achieving normonatremia, ...
Empagliflozin is a potential treatment for outpatients with chronic hyponatremia due to the syndrome of inappropriate antidiuresis (SIAD), new data suggest. The sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) ...
Slower rates of sodium correction in hyponatremia may have gone too far in their attempts to prevent osmotic demyelination syndrome.
Juan Carlos Ayus, MD, FACP, FASN Hyponatremia authority Dr. Juan Carlos Ayus receives calls all the time from fellow nephrologists who have questions. Hyponatremia authority Juan Carlos Ayus, MD, FACP ...
Hyponatremia (defined as serum sodium concentration <135 mmol/l) represents a previously unrecognized cause of osteoporosis, say researchers of a new study published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral ...