Hypernatremia at admission predicts poor survival in patients with terminal cancer: a retrospective cohort study.

Min-Seok SeoIn Cheol HwangJaehun JungHwanhee LeeJae Hee ChoiJae-Yong Shim

Published in: BMC palliative care (2020)

Hypernatremia may be a useful gauge of prognosis in patients with terminal cancer. Further large-scale prospective studies are needed to corroborate this finding.

Keyphrases

papillary thyroid
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free survival