Laboratory interpretative comments and guidance: clinical and operative outcomes on moderate to severe hyponatraemia patient management
| Autor: | Mariana Díaz Almirón, José M Valero Recio, Marta Melgosa Hijosa, Belen Fernandez-Puntero, Antonio Buño Soto, Alejandro Martín Quirós, María de la Calle, Blanca Montero-San-Martin, Julia Martín Sánchez, María José Alcaide Martín, Pilar Fernandez-Calle, Cristina Vega Cabrera, Paloma Oliver, Marta Duque Alcorta, Begoña Rivas Becerra, Juan J Sánchez-Pascuala Callau |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Clinical Pathology. 76:116-120 |
| ISSN: | 1472-4146 0021-9746 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/jclinpath-2021-207611 |
| Popis: | AimsHyponatraemia is the most common body fluid disorders but often goes unnoticed. Our laboratory incorporated a standardised procedure to help clinicians detect moderate/severe hyponatraemia. The study aims were to evaluate the outcomes on patient care and clinicians’ satisfaction.MethodsThe study, observational and retrospective, included 1839 cases, adult and paediatric patients, with sodium concentration ResultsThe median hyponatraemia length decreased significantly from 4.95 hours (2.08–16.57) in the first period to 2.17 hours (1.06–5.39) in the second period. The lack of hyponatraemia patients follow-up was significantly less after the procedure implementation. The survey was answered by 92 (60 senior specialists and 32 residents) out of 110 clinicians surveyed. Ninety of them (98%) answered positively.ConclusionsWe have demonstrated the reduction in the time for diagnosing and management by physicians, the higher uniformity in the time required to solve hyponatraemia episodes following our laboratory procedure and the clinicians’ satisfaction. |
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