Electronic medical records dating back as far as available for each center to identify patients admitted to the hospital with a serum sodium ≤110 mmol/l. Data on patient demographics, presenting symptoms, vital signs, laboratory findings, treatment given, sodium correction rates, presence of risk factors for osmotic demyelination syndrome (ODS) and outcomes including suspected and MRI-confirmed ODS, in-hospital death, and imaging confirmation of cerebral edema
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
800
Rapid Correction of hyponatremia
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Osmotic demyelination syndrome
Neurological deterioration after treatment of hyponatremia
Time frame: 1 to 14 days
MRI-confirmed Osmotic Demyelination Syndrome
Post treatment neurological deterioration with CPM and/or EPM
Time frame: Within 30 days
Cerebral edema
Cerebral edema documented by imaging or death or respiratory arrest from suspected cerebral edema
Time frame: 2 days
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