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, ...

These data fill a knowledge gap, given that large randomized clinical trials assessing hyponatremia correction are unlikely to be performed. New research findings dispel the dogma that slower ...

As a general rule, the treatment of hyponatremia should be directed at the primary underlying disorder because such treatment might, in itself, correct the electrolyte imbalance. Thiazide diuretics ...

Low serum sodium concentrations in blood are called hyponatremia, a prevalent clinical electrolyte disorder. In contrast to acute hyponatremia, chronic hyponatremia has been previously considered ...

Credit: Getty Images Findings are based on a study including more than 72,000 patients on hemodialysis from 25 countries. Mortality risk doubles in patients on hemodialysis with both hyponatremia and ...