INTRODUCTION The study was aimed at verifying whether the occurrence of hypernatremia during the intensive care unit (ICU) stay increases the risk of death in patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). We performed a retrospective study on a prospectively collected database including all patients consecutively admitted over a 3-year period with a diagnosis of TBI (post-resuscitation Gla...

Background: Hypernatremia is frequently encountered in the neurocritical intensive care units (ICUs) and its effect can badly affect the mortality. Objective: To verify whether the occurrence of hypernatremia during the ICU stay increases the risk of death in patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). Methods: Randomized prospective study; 100 patients with TBI in Neurocritical care uni...

introduction: this study aimed to assess the incidence of breastfeeding-associated hypernatremia and related risk factors among hospitalized hyperbilirubinemic neonates. methods: this prospective study was conducted at nemazee hospital affiliated to shiraz university of medical sciences during one year to determine the association between hypernatremia (serum sodium concentration of >150 meq/l)...

Anatomical lesions of hypothalamic area associated with hypodipsic hypernatremia have been reported only rarely. We report here a case of hypodipsic hypernatremia induced by a hypothalamic lesion. A 25-yr-old man, who had been treated with radiation for hypothalamic tumor 5-yr before, was admitted for evaluation of hypernatremia and hypokalemia. He never felt thirst despite the elevated plasma ...

BACKGROUND Clinically important measures of lithium-induced nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (NDI) such as hypernatremia have not been well-studied. This is especially relevant for the elderly who, in comparison to younger adults, may become symptomatic and require hospitalization with relatively small elevations in sodium levels. We hypothesized that antidepressant use, which has been associated...

INTRODUCTION Hypernatremia (serum sodium ≥ 150 mmol/L) is one of the most life-threatening complications of childhood diarrhea, and its management remains challenging, even in a highly advanced critical care setting. This case report describes the acute clinical course and 3-month neurological follow-up after discharge of an infant with extreme hypernatremia in an intensive care unit in Dhaka, ...

Hypernatremia is a common complication following craniocerebral injury and an independent predictor of mortality. To evaluate Association between total input fluid volume and the prognosis of patients with craniocerebral injury combined with hypernatremia. The study retrospectively collected 90 patients with craniocerebral injury combined with hypernatremia. The basic information, clinical data...

INTRODUCTION In-hospital hypernatremia develops usually iatrogenically from inadequate or inappropriate fluid prescription. In severely burned patient an extensive initial fluid resuscitation is necessary for burn shock survival. After recovering of cellular integrity the circulating volume has to be normalized. Hereby extensive water and electrolyte shifts can provoke hypernatremia. PURPOSE ...

Osmotic demyelination syndrome is a demyelinating disorder associated with rapid correction of hyponatremia. But, it rarely occurs in acute hypernatremia, and it leads to permanent neurologic symptoms and is associated with high mortality. A 44-year-old woman treated with alternative medicine was admitted with a history of drowsy mental status. Severe hypernatremia (197mEq/L) with hyperosmolali...

Introduction: Neonatal hypernatremia dehydration (NHD) is a dangerous condition in neonates, which is accompanied by acute complications (renal failure, cerebral edema, and cerebral hemorrhage) and chronic complications (developmental delay). Children begin learning language from birth, and hearing impairment interferes with this process. We assessed the hearing status of infants with hypernatr...