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Table 1 Characteristics of patients.

From: Prognostic consequences of borderline dysnatremia: pay attention to minimal serum sodium change

 

Severe hypoNa

Na < 125

Moderate hypoNa

125 ≤ Na < 130

Mild hypoNa

130 ≤ Na < 135

Borderline hypoNa

135 ≤ Na < 138

No dysnatremia

138-142

Borderline hyperNa

142 > Na ≥ 145

Mild hyperNa

145 > Na ≥ 150

Moderate hyperNa

150 > Na ≥ 155

Severe hyperNa

Na > 155

P value*

 

N = 349

N = 693

N = 2005

N = 2258

N = 3865

N = 1078

N = 633

N = 143

N = 101

 

Patient characteristics

   Male gender

197 (56.4%)

392 (56.6%)

1211 (60.4%)

1381 (61.2%)

2391 (61.9%)

649 (60.2%)

380 (60%)

81 (56.6%)

60 (59.4%)

0.1846

   Age (yrs)

62 (51-75)

63 (49.5-75.5)

63 (51-76)

62 (49-75)

63 (49-76)

62 (48-75)

65 (53-76)

67 (46-77)

64 (57-77)

0.0358

   Weight (kg)

67 (56-80)

69 (58-81)

68 (58.4-80)

71 (60-83)

70.3 (60-83)

70 (60-82)

70 (59.7-81)

65 (59.7-80)

69 (55-80)

< .0001

   SOFA score [13]

6 (3-8)

6 (4-9)

5 (3-8)

5 (3-7)

5 (2-7)

5 (3-9)

7 (4-10)

8 (5-11)

8 (6-12)

< .0001

   SAPS II score [14]

56 (45-66)

57 (47-66)

55 (44-65)

51 (41-61)

50 (39-60)

53 (43-65)

57 (47-69)

63 (52-73)

66 (54-78)

< .0001

Underlying condition

   Chronic kidney disease

20 (5.7%)

50 (7.2%)

142 (7.1%)

121 (5.4%)

225 (5.8%)

61 (5.7%)

30 (4.7%)

7 (4.9%)

4 (4%)

0.2031

   Immunocompromised

55 (15.8%)

143 (20.6%)

366 (18.3%)

343 (15.2%)

458 (11.8%)

128 (11.9%)

93 (14.7%)

12 (8.4%)

12 (11.9%)

< .0001

Main symptom at admission

   Acute respiratory failure

65 (18.6%)

189 (27.3%)

529 (26.4%)

580 (25.7%)

893 (23.1%)

244 (22.6%)

151 (23.9%)

21 (14.7%)

20 (19.8%)

0.0003

   Coma

68 (19.5%)

74 (10.7%)

216 (10.8%)

296 (13.1%)

661 (17.1%)

236 (21.9%)

138 (21.8%)

51 (35.7%)

28 (27.7%)

< .0001

   Septic shock

33 (9.5%)

98 (14.1%)

294 (14.7%)

225 (10%)

343 (8.9%)

107 (9.9%)

76 (12%)

18 (12.6%)

9 (8.9%)

< .0001

   Shock (other)

42 (12%)

86 (12.4%)

226 (11.3%)

218 (9.7%)

327 (8.5%)

122 (11.3%)

84 (13.3%)

16 (11.2%)

16 (15.8%)

< .0001

   Acute renal failure

47 (13.5%)

78 (11.3%)

128 (6.4%)

101 (4.5%)

108 (2.8%)

39 (3.6%)

25 (3.9%)

7 (4.9%)

7 (6.9%)

< .0001

   Trauma

0

1 (0.1%)

13 (0.6%)

19 (0.8%)

66 (1.7%)

11 (1%)

6 (0.9%)

5 (3.5%)

1 (1%)

< .0001

Treatments at ICU admission

   Antibiotics

190 (54.4%)

446 (64.4%)

1278 (63.7%)

1236 (54.7%)

1903 (49.2%)

567 (52.6%)

387 (61.1%)

90 (62.9%)

75 (74.3%)

< .0001

   Central venous catheter

125 (35.8%)

312 (45%)

824 (41.1%)

867 (38.4%)

1446 (37.4%)

459 (42.6%)

342 (54%)

79 (55.2%)

60 (59.4%)

< .0001

   Vasoactive drugs

107 (30.7%)

259 (37.4%)

671 (33.5%)

650 (28.8%)

1041 (26.9%)

350 (32.5%)

277 (43.8%)

65 (45.5%)

49 (48.5%)

< .0001

   Mechanical ventilation

124 (35.5%)

253 (36.5%)

840 (41.9%)

1026 (45.4%)

1846 (47.8%)

605 (56.1%)

363 (57.3%)

93 (65%)

62 (61.4%)

< .0001

   Renal replacement therapy

53 (15.2%)

113 (16.3%)

212 (10.6%)

217 (9.6%)

307 (7.9%)

96 (8.9%)

83 (13.1%)

11 (7.7%)

19 (18.8%)

< .0001

Outcome

   DFLST

16 (4.6%)

49 (7.1%)

108 (5.4%)

93 (4.1%)

171 (4.4%)

78 (7.2%)

51 (8.1%)

11 (7.7%)

7 (6.9%)

< .0001

   ICU mortality

66 (18.9%)

160 (23.1%)

381 (19%)

360 (15.9%)

551 (14.3%)

220 (20.4%)

176 (27.8%)

48 (33.6%)

49 (48.5%)

< .0001

   Day-30 mortality

83 (23.8%)

183 (26.4%)

446 (22.2%)

430 (19.0%)

642 (16.6%)

242 (22.5%)

203 (32.1%)

57 (39.9%)

55 (54.5%)

< 0.001

   Hospital mortality

89 (25.5%)

201 (29.0%)

483 (24.1%)

458 (20.3%)

693 (17.9%)

264 (24.5%)

215 (34.0%)

58 (40.6%)

57 (56.4%)

< .0001

  1. *Comparison across different subclasses of serum sodium concentration at ICU admission. The data are reported as medians (IQR). SOFA, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment, which can range from 0 to 24; SAPS II, Simplified Acute Physiology Score version II, which can range from 0 to 155; DFLST, decision to forgo life-sustaining treatments.