Slower rates of sodium correction in hyponatremia may have gone too far in their attempts to prevent osmotic demyelination syndrome.

New data suggest that faster sodium correction in severe hyponatremia may reduce mortality and delay neurologic events, ...

In this retrospective cohort study, faster 24-hour sodium correction rates were associated with lower risk of 90-day death or ...

Correcting sodium faster in hospitalized adults with severe hyponatremia was tied to a lower risk for death or delayed neurologic complications, a new analysis indicated. Such findings suggest that ...

Researchers have found in a new study that among hospitalized adults with severe hyponatremia, medium or fast sodium ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

Juan Carlos Ayus, MD, FACP, FASN Hyponatremia authority Dr. Juan Carlos Ayus receives calls all the time from fellow nephrologists who have questions. Hyponatremia authority Juan Carlos Ayus, MD, FACP ...

In older adults, low sodium often results from certain medications, kidney issues, or infections. Because multiple factors may contribute, treatment depends on identifying the underlying cause. Sodium ...

Central pontine myelinolysis (CPM) is a rare but severe brain and nervous system disorder. CPM destroys myelin, which is a protective substance surrounding the nerves. CPM often develops in response ...