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The Association Of Hyponatremia With Race, Ethnicity, And Gender In Patients Admitted For Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Diagnoses, Vikas Sunder, Md, Rene Alvarez, Md, Evan Carabelli, Md
The Association Of Hyponatremia With Race, Ethnicity, And Gender In Patients Admitted For Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Diagnoses, Vikas Sunder, Md, Rene Alvarez, Md, Evan Carabelli, Md
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Background: Hyponatremia, defined by a serum sodium concentration less than 135 mEq/L, is seen in approximately 25% of patients admitted with congestive heart failure (CHF). Hyponatremia on admission has been shown to increase in-hospital mortality and to be an independent predictor of 6month mortality. Prior work has shown that CHF patients with hyponatremia on admission are more likely to be Caucasian. Given its prognostic significance, hyponatremia and its association with patient characteristics warrants further study.
Methods: We queried for unique admissions to Temple University Hospital between 2011 and 2015 with a DRG code of "291-293" to represent a …