CHARACTERIZATION OF HYPONATREMIA IN PATIENTS WITH ISCHEMIC STROKE
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https://doi.org/10.52764/jms.24.32.1.15Keywords:
HyponatremiaAbstract
ABSTRACT:
OBJECTIVES To determine the effects of hyponatremia, on the outcome in the ischemic stroke patients, in a tertiary care hospital.MATERIAL AND METHODS
Approximately 289 adult patients of either gender, above 16 years of age and having no comorbidities that affect serum sodium level, who presented with ischemic stroke, were admitted and studied for hyponatremia. They were followed for the effects of hyponatremia for 15 days in the hospital and for one month thereafter.
RESULTS
Approximately 289 patients were included in the study. The mean age of our patients was 53 years with SD ± 8.53. Male patients were 56.1% while 43.9% were females. Out of 289 patients, 101(35%) patients had hyponatremia in which 63(62%) had mild hyponatremia, 27(27%) had moderate hyponatremia and 11(11%) had profound hyponatremia. The mortality in our patients with normal serum sodium was only 11%, while the mortality in patients with mild, moderate, and severe hyponatremia was 20%, 23%, and 33% respectively.
CONCLUSION
The frequency of hyponatremia was 35% in our patients presenting with ischemic stroke, out of which 62% of the patients had mild, 27% of the patients had moderate and 11% had profound hyponatremia. Further, the mortality increased with increasing hyponatremia.
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