American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 50, Issue 6 , Pages 952-957, December 2007

Hypernatremia in the Critically Ill Is an Independent Risk Factor for Mortality

  • Gregor Lindner

      Affiliations

    • Intensive Care Unit 13H1, Medical University of Vienna, Sozialmedizinisches Zentrum Baumgartner Höhe–Otto Wagner Spital, Vienna, Austria
    • G.L. and G.-C.F. contributed equally to this work.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Gregor Lindner, Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Medical University of Vienna, Währingergürtel 18-20, A-1090, Vienna, Austria.
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  • Georg-Christian Funk, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory and Critical Care, Sozialmedizinisches Zentrum Baumgartner Höhe–Otto Wagner Spital, Vienna, Austria
    • G.L. and G.-C.F. contributed equally to this work.
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  • Christoph Schwarz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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  • Nikolaus Kneidinger

      Affiliations

    • Intensive Care Unit 13H1, Medical University of Vienna, Sozialmedizinisches Zentrum Baumgartner Höhe–Otto Wagner Spital, Vienna, Austria
    • ,
  • Alexandra Kaider

      Affiliations

    • Core Unit for Medical Statistics and Informatics, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.
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  • Bruno Schneeweiss, MD

      Affiliations

    • Intensive Care Unit 13H1, Medical University of Vienna, Sozialmedizinisches Zentrum Baumgartner Höhe–Otto Wagner Spital, Vienna, Austria
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  • Ludwig Kramer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Intensive Care Unit 13H1, Medical University of Vienna, Sozialmedizinisches Zentrum Baumgartner Höhe–Otto Wagner Spital, Vienna, Austria
    • ,
  • Wilfred Druml, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Medical University of Vienna, Austria

Received 19 April 2007; accepted 27 August 2007. published online 31 October 2007.

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 Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.08.016 on October 30, 2007.

PII: S0272-6386(07)01237-1

doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.08.016

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 50, Issue 6 , Pages 952-957, December 2007

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