Abnormal serum chloride is associated with increased mortality among unselected cardiac intensive care unit patients.

Thomas J BreenBenjamin BrueskeMandeep S SidhuKianoush B KashaniNandan S AnavekarGregory W BarsnessJacob Colin Jentzer

Published in: PloS one (2021)

Abnormal serum chloride on admission to the CICU is associated with increased short- and long-term mortality, with hypochloremia being a strong independent predictor.

Keyphrases

intensive care unit
end stage renal disease
cardiovascular events
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
emergency department
risk factors
type diabetes
atrial fibrillation