Association Between ICU-Acquired Hypernatremia and In-Hospital Mortality: Data From the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care III and the Electronic ICU Collaborative Research Database

Abstract

ICU-acquired hypernatremia is associated with increased in-hospital mortality. Furthermore, a rapid sodium correction rates may be harmful. This suggests it is important to both prevent ICU-acquired hypernatremia and to avoid rapid correction rates if a patient becomes hypernatremic.