Abstract:Aims: Hyponatremia is a common electrolyte disorder. The severe hyponatremia has a mortality rate of 4%-40%. Psychiatric patients are likely to develop the condition because of polydipsia or the adverse effects of antipsychotics. We investigated the characteristics of patients with and without psychiatric diseases who developed severe hyponatremia.
Materials and Methods:We retrospectively investigated cases admitted to our hospital (all departments) between October 2012 and November 2015 with a serum sodium co… Show more
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