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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 97-B, Issue SUPP_12 | Pages 14 - 14
1 Nov 2015
Tinning C
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Introduction

In recent years the relationship between hyponatraemia and bone metabolism, falls and fractures has become more established. In this study hyponatraemia was an independent risk factor for increased post-operative mortality on multivariate analysis.

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This study retrospectively evaluates the prevalence of hyponatraemia (plasma sodium <135 mmol/l) in 3897 patients undergoing operative treatment for hip fracture and the relationship between hyponatraemia and mortality in these patients.