EVALUATION OF HYPONATREMIA IN ADMITTED PATIENT IN GENERAL MEDICINE DEPARTMENT AT TERTIARY CARE CENTRE OF BIHAR
Journal Title: Journal of Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences - Year 2019, Vol 5, Issue 1
Abstract
ABSTRACT Background - Hyponatremia is a common electrolyte disorder in admitted patients, defined as a serum sodium level less than 135 mEq/L. It is associated with different clinical condition and its clinical presentation has a wide spectrum. Aims – To find out prevalence, clinical profile and mortality of hyponatremia among hospitalized patients. Material &Method - We carried out a observational study on patients aged 15 years or above admitted in General Medicine department IGIMS over a period of 6 months. Patients were screened for hyponatremia, then clinical profile of these patients along with outcome was recorded. Statistical analysis was done to find out p value. Results – Prevalence of hyponatremia was 15.97% , hyponatremia was common in male (59.14%) and among older patients (38.26%). Mortality among hyponatremia was 13.91%, p- value was 0.127031, so result was not significant. Conclusion - Hyponatremia is common at admission among hospitalized patients, however hyponatremia among hospitalized patients with different clinical condition is not a predictor of mortality in this study.
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Dr. Sudhir Kumar
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