Fatimah S AlGhawi, Sami S AlMudarra, Abdullah M Assiri
Mortality patterns among COVID-19 patients in two Saudi hospitals: Demographics, etiology, and treatment
Influenza and other respiratory viruses
aim study analyze impact clinical evolutionary characteristics hypotonic hyponatremia patients hospitalized internal medicine units prospective multicenter observational study patients hypotonic hyponatremia 135 mmoll 5 hospitals southern spain patients included according point prevalence studies carried every 2 weeks march 2015 october 2017 assessing demographic clinical analytical management data patient subsequently followed 12 months time mortality readmissions assessed total 501 patients included 519 women mean age 713 1424 years resulting overall prevalence hyponatremia 83 mean comorbidities rate 450 241 frequent diagnoses heart failure 115 23 respiratory infections 65 13 oncological pathologies 42 64 total number hyponatremia cases 180 359 hypervolemic 164 327 hypovolemic 157 313 euvolemic total 874 receive additional diagnostic tests establish origin condition 30 receive treatment hospital mortality 156 mean length stay 147 days euvolemic admission hyponatremia versus hyponatremia developed admission significantly associated lower mortality rates p 037 mortality 1 year readmissions high 31 53 patients respectively hyponatremia common internal medicine areas hypervolemic hyponatremia frequent type mortality rate high admission followup yet margin improvement clinical management condition