Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Dysnatremia is common in hospitalized patients, often worsening the prognosis in pneumopathies and critical illnesses, such as COVID-19. Here, hyponatremia is an indicator of pulmonary involvement, while hypernatremia is associated with worse assistance outcomes, particularly when resulting from an overcorrected hyponatremia. Longer hospitalizations, readmissions after discharge and higher short- and long-term mortality rates have been observed in acute patients ex...