Skip to main content

Table 1 Proportions of admissions with various degrees of hypernatreamia based on uncorrected and corrected serum sodium levels.

From: Advanced age, altered level of consciousness and a new diagnosis of diabetes are independently associated with hypernatreamia in hyperglycaemic crisis

 

Hypernatreamia based on uncorrected Serum sodium

N = 273

Hypernatreamia based on corrected serum sodium

N = 269

146-155 mmol/L

6.2% (n=17/273)

16% (n=43/269)

156-165 mmol/L

4.8% (n=13/273)

10.8% (n=29/269)

>165 mmol/L

0.7% (n=2/273)

3.3% (n=9/269)