George Liamis, Fotios Barkas, Efstathia Megapanou, Eliza Christopoulou, Andromachi Makri, Konstantinos Makaritsis, George Ntaios, Moses Elisaf, Haralampos Milionis
BACKGROUND: Hyponatremia is frequent in acute stroke patients, and it is associated with worse outcomes and increased mortality. SUMMARY: Nonstroke-related causes of hyponatremia include patients' comorbidities and concomitant medications, such as diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease, heart failure, and thiazides. During hospitalization, "inappropriate" administration of hypotonic solutions, poor solute intake, infections, and other drugs, such as mannitol, could also lower sodium levels in patients with acute stroke...
2019: European Neurology