Table 1.

Expert panel estimates used in prevalence calculations

Classification of hyponatremia patients	Low	High
Acute and symptomatic	1%	1%
Acute and asymptomatic	4%	4%
Chronic and symptomatic	20%	15%
Chronic and asymptomatic	75%	80%
	100%	100%
Percent of hyponatremia patients treated	Low	High
Acute and symptomatic	90%	100%
Acute and asymptomatic	90%	100%
Chronic and symptomatic	66%	85%
Chronic and asymptomatic	10%	20%
Of those treated, percent treated initially as inpatient	Low	High
Acute and symptomatic	65%	75%
Acute and asymptomatic	65%	75%
Chronic and symptomatic	40%	45%
Chronic and asymptomatic	70%	80%