Hyponatremia has poor outcomes in other cardiopulmonary disorders, but its predictive value in predicting mortality of patients with acute pulmonary embolism is unknown. So, we evaluate the mortality of inpatients diagnosed with pulmonary embolism (PE) who had hyponatremia at the time of admission.By conducting a cohort study in patients with acute pulmonary embolism admitted in Al-Zahra Hospital during the 24 months of the date of March 2012 to March 2014. We evaluated 224 patients admitted with a primary diagnosis of PE. We used logistic regression analysis to evaluate the independent relation among serum sodium levels at the time of presentation and 30 days mortality, with severity of illness and other patient risk factors were adjusted.109 patients (48.7

作者：Babak, Tamizifar；Saeid, Kheiry；Farid, Fereidoony

来源：Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences 2015 年 20卷 8期