The association between intensive care unit-acquired hypernatraemia and mortality in critically ill patients with cerebrovascular diseases: a single-centre cohort study in Japan.
Takahiro ImaizumiMasahiro NakatochiYoshiro FujitaRie NomuraKenshi WatanabeMichitaka MaekawaTaishi YamakawaTakayuki KatsunoShoichi MaruyamaPublished in: BMJ open (2017)
ICU-acquired hypernatraemia was associated with an increased mortality rate among critically ill patients with cerebrovascular diseases; the threshold maximum serum sodium concentration associated with mortality was 147 mEq/L.