Severe hyponatraemia in medical in-patients: aetiology, assessment and outcome.
| Autor: | Clayton JA; Division of Therapeutics and Molecular Medicine, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH. jennifer.marshall@nottingham.ac.uk, Le Jeune IR, Hall IP |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians [QJM] 2006 Aug; Vol. 99 (8), pp. 505-11. Date of Electronic Publication: 2006 Jul 22. |
| DOI: | 10.1093/qjmed/hcl071 |
| Abstrakt: | Background: Hyponatraemia is the most commonly identified electrolyte abnormality. Published data on severe hyponatraemia in general medical in-patients is lacking. Aim: To determine the aetiology, adequacy of assessment, and outcome of severe hyponatraemia in general medical in-patients. Design: Retrospective case-note review. Methods: All general medical in-patients (n = 108) with serum sodium < or =125 mmol/l were identified from the clinical chemistry database, over a six-month period. A full review of notes and computer records was undertaken at the index date and a pre-determined follow-up date. Results: Follow-up data were available in 105 patients. There was a wide range of aetiologies: diuretic therapy (loop and thiazide), congestive cardiac failure and liver disease were the most common, and 75.3% of patients had multiple causes. None of the 48% of patients whose history suggested a possible diagnosis of the syndrome of inappropriate anti-diuretic hormone (SIADH) met the generally accepted diagnostic criteria. Overall mortality was 20% during the index admission and 44.6% at follow-up, vs. 7.1% and 22%, respectively, for other patients admitted to the same directorate over the same time period (p < 0.001). Mortality was linked to aetiology, but not to reduced absolute serum sodium concentration at admission. Discussion: Severe hyponatraemia in general medical patients is associated with a complex, multifactoral aetiology and a very poor prognosis. Outlook is governed principally by aetiology, and not by serum sodium level. Assessment of patients with hyponatraemia requires a practical clinical algorithm for diagnosing SIADH. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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