Table 3.

Fatal cases with uncorrected hospital-acquired or hospital-aggravated hyponatremia

Age/Gender	Admission SNa (mEqL)	Lowest SNa (mEq/L)	SNa at Death (mEq/L)	Day of Death	Clinical Course	Comfort Care?	Charlson Score
66/M	145	114	114	27	Metastatic carcinoma, cardiac arrest, respiratory failure, anoxic brain damage, acute kidney injury, refractory shock. First SNa <120 mEq/L 4 days before death	Yes	11
67/M	139	115	115	163	Sepsis with several months in hospital with irreversible multiorgan failure; first sNa <120 mEq/L on day 155, 8 days before death	Yes	5
63/M	138	117	117	16	Metastatic carcinoma, acute kidney injury, acute respiratory failure. First SNa <120 mEq/L 1 day before death	Yes	11
87/M	136	118	123	24	ESRD. Comfort care on admission.	Yes	4
65/M	132	118	118	11	End-stage liver disease, sepsis, multiorgan failure. First sNa <120 mEq/L on day of death	Yes	5
65/M	131	119	119	11	Cardiogenic shock. First sNa <120 mEq/L 1 day before death	Yes	4
55/M	124	119	122	12	End-stage heart disease, acute kidney injury	No	7
54/F	124	119	122	4	End-stage lung disease	Yes	3
83/M	120	118	123	7	End stage heart disease	No	8
63/M	121	119	122	2	Advanced lung cancer	No	7

M, male; F, female.