Evaluation of Hyponatremia in Hospitalized Patients- A Retrospective Observational Study

Abstract

Background and objectives: A retrospective study was performed for evaluation of hyponatremia in hospitalized patients. Material and Methods: A retrospective case record based study was carried out and 200 hospitalized ICU patients aged 18-0 yrs were selected who were admitted for more than 1 week duration not having undergone any surgical intervention. Exclusion criteria was patients with underlying chronic kidney disease or chronic liver disease, previous history of dialysis and previous history or head trauma or stroke. Results: Signicant reduction in serum sodium levels were noted. The correlation of the symptoms with the serum sodium levels was found to be statistically signicant in cases of severe and moderate hyponatremia Conculsion: Hospitalized pateints are at risk of hyponatremia particularuly suffering from gastrointerstinal, cardiovascular and renal disorders and if left untreated can lead severe symptomatic hyponatremia