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Colombian Journal of Anestesiology
Print version ISSN 0120-3347
Abstract
ROCHA-RIVERA, Hector Fabio et al. Incidence of postoperative hyponatremia in neurosurgical patients in a hospital in Southern Colombia. Rev. colomb. anestesiol. [online]. 2018, vol.46, n.2, pp.103-111. ISSN 0120-3347. https://doi.org/10.1097/cj9.0000000000000021.
Introduction:
Hyponatremia is the most frequently encountered electrolyte disorder in hospitalized patients, and its incidence is even greater when a neurological condition is present. A significant association has been found between hyponatremia and increases in mortality rates.
Objective:
To describe the incidence of hyponatremia in neurosurgical patients of a university hospital in southern Colombia.
Methods:
Descriptive, observational study that analyzed the medical records of adult patients admitted to the intensive care unit after having undergone a neurosurgical procedure in the period between 2014 and 2015. Perioperative characteristics and neurological outcomes were compared, central trend and scatter were calculated, and statistical confidence tests were applied.
Results:
A total of 79 patients were included in the study. The median age was 40 years and 73.4% were male. The most frequent diagnosis was head injury, followed by space-occupying lesion and non-traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage. The incidence of hyponatremia was 25.3%; patients with a diagnosis of subarachnoid hemorrhage were 8 times more likely to have hyponatremia (odds ratio 8.0, 95% confidence interval: 1.777-36.018). Mortality for the group of patients presenting hyponatremia was 35%, and unfavorable neurological outcomes were present in 80%.
Conclusions:
Neurosurgical patients with a diagnosis of subarachnoid hemorrhage or space-occupying lesion associated with hyponatremia have a less favorable neurologic outcome, without circumstantially affecting mortality.
Keywords : Hyponatremia; Brain Injuries Traumatic; Subarachnoid Hemorrhage; Anesthesia; Neurosurgery.