- Title
- Mild hyponatremia is associated with impaired cognition and falls in community-dwelling older persons
- Creator
- Gunathilake, Roshan; Oldmeadow, Christopher; McEvoy, Mark; Kelly, Brian; Inder, Kerry; Schofield, Peter; Attia, John
- Relation
- Journal of the American Geriatrics Society Vol. 61, Issue 10, p. 1838-1839
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jgs.12468
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2013
- Description
- Hyponatremia is a common finding in older persons. Mild hyponatremia was once thought to be asymptomatic, but recent evidence suggests that mild hyponatremia is linked to attention deficits, gait disturbances, and risk of falls. Published studies have examined hospitalized individuals with acute illnesses with the ensuing risk of Berkson’s bias (a form of selection bias). No published study has included asymptomatic community-dwelling older persons or assessed cognition in hyponatremic subjects across multiple domains.
- Subject
- hyponatremia; risk of falls; attention deficits; older adults; community dwelling; letter to the editor
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1340338
- Identifier
- uon:28452
- Identifier
- ISSN:0002-8614
- Language
- eng
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