Skip to main content

Table 3 Incremental impact of hyponatremia on components of hospital resource utilization and costs among patients with pneumonia*

From: Hyponatremia and hospital outcomes among patients with pneumonia: a retrospective cohort study

 

Incremental increase

95% CI

ICU LOS (days)

0.8

-0.25, 2.04

HLOS (days)

0.3

0.01, 0.69

Hospital costs

$1,324

$98, $2,682

  1. MV = mechanical ventilation; ICU = intensive care unit; LOS = length of stay; HLOS = hospital length of stay *Derived from multivariable linear regression models adjusting for age, gender, race, region, teaching hospital, admission source, principal payer, and Deyo-CCI score, ICU and MV in first 48 hrs, and mortality
Back to article page

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

ISSN: 1471-2466

Contact us