| Autor: |
Ashraf Abd El-Khalik Barakat, Amna Ahmed Metwaly, Fatma Mohammad Nasr, Maged El-Ghannam, ohamed Darwish El-Talkawy, Hoda Abu taleb |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2015 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Electronic Physician, Vol 7, Iss 6, Pp 1349-1358 (2015) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2008-5842 |
| DOI: |
10.14661/1349 |
| Popis: |
Introduction: Hyponatremia is common in cirrhosis. The relationship between hyponatremia and severity of cirrhosis is evidenced by its close association with the occurrence of complications, the prevalence of hepatic encephalopathy, hepatorenal syndrome, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, refectory ascites, and hepatic hydrothorax. The aim of this study was assess the impact of hyponatremia on the occurrence of both liver-related complications and the hemodynamic cardiovascular dysfunction. Methods: This prospective study was conducted in 2015 on 74 patients with liver cirrhosis. The patients were from the Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department of Theodor Bilharz Research Institute in Giza, Egypt. The patients were divided into three groups according to their serum level of sodium. Group 1 included 30 patients with serum sodium >135 meq/L, group 2 included 24 patients with serum sodium between135 and 125 meq/L, and group 3 included 20 patients with serum sodium |
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