Prevalence of Hyponatremia in Femur Neck Fractures: A One-Year Survey in an Urban Emergency Department
| Autor: | Gianfranco Cervellin, Michele Mitaritonno, Mario Pedrazzoni, Alessandra Picanza, Giuseppe Lippi |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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| Zdroj: | Advances in Orthopedics, Vol 2014 (2014) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2090-3464 2090-3472 |
| DOI: | 10.1155/2014/397059 |
| Popis: | This study was aimed at investigating the prevalence of hyponatremia in patients with intracapsular femoral neck fracture. All records containing clinical and laboratory information of patients admitted with femoral neck fractures to the Academic Hospital of Parma (Italy) during the year 2013 were retrieved from the hospital database. The control population consisted of subjects admitted to the outpatient phlebotomy center during the same period. The final population consisted of 543 patients with femoral neck fractures and 700 outpatients. The category of elderly subjects (i.e., ≥65 years) included 491 patients and 380 controls. In both the entire population and elderly subjects, serum sodium was lower in patients than in controls (138 versus 139 mmol/L, P |
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