Abstract:Objective To investigate the incidence of hypernatremia in severe patients and the effect of serum sodium level on prognosis. Methods From January 2016 to January 2018, 280 adult patients with a projected hospitalization time of > 48?h in the geriatrical ICU of Tianjin medical university general hospital were selected. Blood samples were taken within 24 hours after admission to the ICU and sent for examination. According to the level of blood sodium, they were divided into normal blood sodium group (blood sodium between 135?mmol/L and 145?mmol/L), low blood sodium group (blood sodium < 135 mmol/L) and high blood sodium group (blood sodium > 145?mmol/L). General conditions of patients, diseases, laboratory indexes, mechanical ventilation time and ICU length of hospital stay and prognosis, etc. were recorded, and acute physiology and chronic health evaluation (APACHE II score) and sequential organ failure score (SOFA) after admission to ICU within 24?h were calculated; the hospitalization time and mortality of patients in the hypernatremia group and the non-hypernatremia group were compared. Logistic regression analysis was used to screen the risk factors of death in severe patients. Results Among the 280 patients, 83 cases were in the hypernatremia group and 197 cases were in the non-hypernatremia group, accounting for 29.6% and 70.4% of the total cases, respectively. The proportion of sepsis (21 cases, accounting for 25.3%) and renal insufficiency (15 cases, accounting for 18.1%) in the hypernatrium group was significantly increased compared with that in the non-hypernatrium group, with statistically significant differences (P?< 0.05). Compared with non-hypernatremia group, there was no significant difference in gender and age between hypernatremia group and non-hypernatremia group (P?>?0.05). The two groups have statistical significance in the APACHE II, length of hospital stay and mortality (P?0.05). Multiple factors logistic analysis revealed that the APACHE II score and serum sodium level to affect the independent risk factors of death in patients with severe (P?0.05). Conclusion APACHE II score and serum sodium level are the independent risk factors of death in patients with severe influence the ICU (P?0.05). High sodium and ICU length of hospital stay and mortality are closely related to the severe patients.