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Table 4 Timing of hyponatraemia according to severity of hyponatraemia

From: Prognosis of patients with severe hyponatraemia is related not only to hyponatraemia but also to comorbidities and to medical management: results of an observational retrospective study

 

All patients

(n = 147)

Group A

(n = 20)

Group B

(n = 41)

Group C

(n = 86)

P a

Timing

- Present at admission (%)

- Acquired in hospital (%)

95 (64.6)

52 (35.4)

16 (80.0)

4 (20.0)

31 (75.6)

10 (24.4)

48 (55.8)

38 (44.2)

.03

Timing

- Acute (%)

- Acute-on-chronic (%)

- Chronic (%)

- Unknown (%)

26 (17.7)

28 (19.1)

10 (6.8)

83 (56.5)

4 (20.0)

0 (0)

1 (5.0)

15 (75.0)

5 (12.2)

6 (14.6)

3 (7.3)

27 (65.9)

17 (19.8)

22 (25.6)

6 (7.0)

41 (47.7)

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  1. Group A: plasma sodium <110 mmol/l; group B: plasma sodium 110–115 mmol/l; group C: plasma sodium 116–120 mmol/l. abetween group A, B and C
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