Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Hyponatremia (HN) is the most common electrolyte disorder of hospitalized patients. It occurs in up to 28% of in-patients, is more common in the elderly and patients with multiple co-morbidities, increases the in-hospital risk of death by 1.47-fold, and is associated with significantly higher mortality risk following discharge. The HN Registry is the first large-scale, international effort to document the clinical characteristics, choice of therapies, and impact of...