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Volume 7 Issue 3 (March, 2019)

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A Randomised control trial to assess the frequency of Hyponatremia in patients visiting indoor medical ward of Tertiary Care Hospital
Shiv Charan, Patel Atif, Krishan Kumar Oberoi, Bhupinder Singh, Gaurav Omprakash Dubey, Agampreet Kaur

Background: Hyponatremia can cause permanent disability or death. An overly rapid correction of hyponatremia may also expose patients to dramatic consequences. Furthermore, it is vital to also carefully consider chronic hyponatremia, which is associated with systemic detrimental effects and with a senescence effect. Hence, we planned the present study to assess the frequency of hyponatremia in randomly selected patients admitted in Guru Nanak Dev Hospital, Amritsar, Punjab. Materials & methods: The study included one thousand patients (n=1000) of confirmed hyponatremia selected from the randomly selected cases admitted in emergency and indoor medical wards of Guru Nanak Dev Hospital, Amritsar. Information regarding their age, sex and clinical diagnosis was collected. The data was statistically analyzed. Results: In the following case study of Hyponatremia, the total no. of patients assessed were 1000, following which 190 were recorded positive with hyponatremia. In accounting to 190 positive case, 127 (66.8%) were males and 63 (33.2%) were females. In the following case study of Hyponatremia, the total no. of patients scanned were 1000, following which 190 were recorded positive with hyponatremia. Out of which 36 patients were from ICU and 154 patients from ward. Amongst the 36 hyponatremic patients who were admitted in ICU, 14 patients expired. Conclusion: Our study emphasizes that these patients are at substantially increased mortality risk. Hence; an early detection and correction of hyponatremia can greatly prevent unfavorable outcomes, comorbidities and mortality.
Key words: Emergency department, Hyponatremia, Outcome.

Received: 5 January  2019                                       Revised: 25 January 2019                              Accepted: 28 January 2019
Corresponding Author: Dr. Patel Atif, Junior resident, Department of Medicine, GMC Amritsar, Punjab, India
This article may be cited as: Charan S, Atif P, Oberoi KK, Singh B, Dubey GO, Kaur A. A Randomised control trial to assess the frequency of Hyponatremia in patients visiting indoor medical ward of Tertiary Care Hospital. J Adv Med Dent Scie Res 2019;7(3):41-45.

 
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