... ICU-acquired hyponatraemia, while baseline creatinine, mechanical ventilation and level of care were associated with ICU-acquired hypernatraemia Outcomes of care Length of stay and mortality in the ICU and ... determine both the aetiology of the ICU-acquired hyponatraemia and hypernatraemia and clinicians' responses Second, our study was observational in nature and designed to describe the epidemiology of ... ICU-acquired hyponatraemia and hypernatraemia and in- hospital patient mortality Our study provides three important contributions to the epidemiology of sodium disturbances in critically ill patients in...