Hospital-acquired hyponatremia in pediatric intensive care unit
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Hospital-acquired Hyponatremia in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
OBJECTIVE The objective of the study was to evaluate the etiology of hospital-acquired hyponatremia (HAH) and its effects on morbidity and mortality in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) patients. DESIGN This study design was a prospective observational case-control study. SETTING this study was conducted at tertiary care PICU. MATERIALS AND METHODS All consecutive cases admitted wi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0972-5229,1998-359X
DOI: 10.4103/ijccm.ijccm_131_17