Pre-dialysis serum sodium and mortality in a national incident hemodialysis cohort

Conclusions
We observed a U-shaped association of time-varying pre-dialysis serum sodium and all-cause mortality in hemodialysis patients, suggesting that both hypo- and hypernatremia carry short-term risk in this population.

Source: Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation - May 22, 2016 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Rhee, C. M., Ravel, V. A., Ayus, J. C., Sim, J. J., Streja, E., Mehrotra, R., Amin, A. N., Nguyen, D. V., Brunelli, S. M., Kovesdy, C. P., Kalantar-Zadeh, K. Tags: Intra- and extracorporeal treatments of kidney failure Source Type: research