Comment on 'Agua, Agua'parentComments−istultus2yIt is incredibly dangerous, hypernatremia sadly occurs way too often in elderly patients in care homes where the patients are weak or mentally incapacitated and can't/don't ask for a drink of water and/or are ignored by their carers for long enough.−lambdaba2yelderly patients in care homes is a far cry from anyone attempting to do this on their own−istultus2yThey are literally our only (unwilling) test subjects... Not a representative cohort by any means
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It is incredibly dangerous, hypernatremia sadly occurs way too often in elderly patients in care homes where the patients are weak or mentally incapacitated and can't/don't ask for a drink of water and/or are ignored by their carers for long enough.
elderly patients in care homes is a far cry from anyone attempting to do this on their own
They are literally our only (unwilling) test subjects... Not a representative cohort by any means