Although palliative care providers, patients, and their families rely heavily on accurate prognostication,\nthe prognostic value of electrolyte imbalance has received little attention.\nMethods: As a retrospective review, we screened inpatients with terminal cancer admitted between January 2017\nand May 2019 to a single hospice-palliative care unit. Clinical characteristics and laboratory results were obtained\nfrom medical records for multivariable Cox regression analysis of independent prognostic factors.\nResults: Of the 487 patients who qualified, 15 (3%) were hypernatremic upon admission. The median survival time\nwas 26 days. Parameters associated with shortened survival included male sex, advanced age...............
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