Michael Darmon, Jean-François Timsit, Adrien Francais, Molière Nguile-Makao, Christophe Adrie, Yves Cohen, Maïté Garrouste-Orgeas, Dany Goldgran-Toledano, Anne-Sylvie Dumenil, Samir Jamali, Christine Cheval, Bernard Allaouchiche, Bertrand Souweine, Elie Azoulay
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study is to describe the prevalence and outcomes of intensive care unit (ICU)-acquired hypernatraemia (IAH). METHODS: A retrospective analysis was performed on a prospectively collected database fed by 12 ICUs. Subjects are unselected patients with ICU stay >48 h. Mild and moderate to severe hypernatraemia were defined as serum sodium >145 and >150 mmol/L, respectively. IAH was hypernatraemia occurring >or=24 h after ICU admission in patients with normal serum sodium at ICU admission...
August 2010: Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation