Endocrine Abstracts

The risk of death with severe hyponatraemia is well known. What is less clear is the mortality risk according to the pattern of the developing hyponatraemia.Methods: From our laboratory database we retrospectively collected data of all adult patients with severe hyponatraemia (<120 mmol/l) over 6 months. Of 49 155 samples, 101 (0.2%) were <120 mmol/l, obtained from n=54 patients. Two paediatric cases were excluded leaving n=52. Norm...