Rafid Adil Abood Alkhalidy

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• Research Article   
  The natremia in the oncology wards: a hospital-based combine study
  Author(s): Rafid Adil Abood Alkhalidy*
  
  Imbalance in natremia is a common electrolyte disturbance in patients’ bodies, and it may play important roles in prognosis or mortality outcomes. This study aims to estimate, determine, and assess the imbalance in sodium concentration in cancer patients. It is a hospital-based combined cross-sectional-case-control study conducted at an oncology ward. The serum levels of sodium and urinary sodium were measured using a single sample, and the analysis was performed using the Ion selective electrode/dimension RXL/MAX device (ACCU, China). One-hundred control serum sodium levels were measured from non-cancer patients who met the same exclusion criteria. Patients were categorized into three groups based on their serum sodium levels. The most frequent cancer type observed was breast cancer, followed by colorectal cancer. The main reasons for admission were supportive care (48.8%) and .. Read More»
  

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