HYPONATREMIA IN PNEUMONIA: HOSPITAL BASED CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY
Journal Title: Journal of Drug Discovery and Therapeutics - Year 2015, Vol 3, Issue 7
Abstract
Every year Acute respiratory infections in young children is responsible for an estimate 3.9 million deaths worldwide. It is estimated that Bangladesh, India, Indonesia and Nepal together account for 40 per cent of the global Acute respiratory infection mortality. About 90 per cent of the Acute respiratory infections deaths are due to pneumonia which is usually bacterial in origin. Childhood pneumonia is an important cause of morbidity in the developed world, and morbidity and mortality in the developing world. (1,2,3).The World Health Organization estimates that 156 million cases of pneumonia occur each year in children younger than five years, with nearly 20 million cases severe enough to require hospital admission(4).Among the electrolyte disorders in the hospitalized patients,hyponatremia is the most common electrolyte disorder and has been associated with increased mortality. Hyponatremia is usually defined as a serum sodium concentration of less than 135 mEq/L(3).It is established already that hyponatremia frequently accompanies pulmonary diseases, both infectious and neoplastic(6,12)With respect to pneumonia, a single-center cohort study found the incidence of hyponatremia at hospital admission among Community acquired pneumonia (CAP) patients to be 28%(8), which was associated with not only prolongation of hospitalization, but also an increase in mortality.
Authors and Affiliations
DR. JAYARAJ. PATIL| SENIOR RESIDENT DEPT OF PAEDIATRICS GADAG INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, GADAG-582103, KARNATAKA., DR. JYOTHIDEVI. PATIL| POST GRADUATE DEPARTMENT OF OPTHALMOLOGY ,BANGALORE MEDICAL COLLEGE AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE, MINTO HOSPITAL, BANGALORE-560002, KARNATAKA., DR. SHRINIVAS R DESHAPANDE| PROFESSOR AND HOD, DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY, GADAG INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, GADAG-582103, KARNATAKA.
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