A retrospective cohort study on the clinical outcomes of patients admitted to intensive care units with dysnatremia.

With evolving patient characteristics and patterns of ICU utilization, the impact of dysnatremias on patient outcomes and healthcare costs in the present era have not been well studied. Patients ≥ 18 years admitted to the ICUs in public hospitals in Hong Kong between January 2010 and June 2022 and had at least one serum sodium measurement obtained within 24 h prior to or following ICU admission were stratified into normonatremic (135-145 mmol/L), hyponatremic (< 135 mmol/L) and hypernatremic (> 145 mmol/L) groups. A total of 162,026 patients were included-9098 (5.