Admission serum sodium and potassium levels predict survival among critically ill patients with acute kidney injury: a cohort study.

Xu-Ping GaoChen-Fei ZhengMin-Qi LiaoHong HeYan-Hua LiuChun-Xia JingFang Fang ZengQing-Shan Chen

Published in: BMC nephrology (2019)

Admission serum sodium and potassium were associated with survival in a U-shaped pattern among patients with AKI, and hyperkalemia predict a worse clinical outcome among patients with hyponatremia.

Keyphrases

acute kidney injury
emergency department
cardiac surgery
free survival
heart failure
atrial fibrillation