Current and Future Burdens of Heat-Related Hyponatremia: A Nationwide Register-Based Study.
Buster MannheimerAlin Sterea-GrossuHenrik FalhammarJan CalissendorffJakob SkovJonatan D LindhPublished in: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism (2022)
The risk of hospitalization due to hyponatremia increases rapidly at temperatures above 15 °C, indicating a threshold effect. Over the next decades, rising global temperatures are expected to increase the inpatient burden of hyponatremia by approximately 10%. Strategies for protecting vulnerable groups are necessary to reduce this risk.