Abstract
A study of hyponatremia in adult hospital inpatients over 16 yrs old admitted to the medical department of Al-Diwania teaching\ Hospital from the 1st of June 2006 to 10th of November 2006, showed that (50) out of (720) patients studied had serum sodium concentration below 135 meq/L. Twenty five patients (50%) were on diuretics and 16 patients (32%) had heart failure. The commonest type of hyponatremia was euvolemic hyponatremia (52%) Forty one pts. (82%) had symptoms attributable to the hyponatremia. The aim of the study was to determine the incidence, clinical characteristics, and causes of hyponatremia in medical wards of the Al-Diwaniah teaching Hospital.
Article Type
Article
Recommended Citation
AL- Barqawi, Aqeel reheem
(2026)
"A study of Hyponatremia in Hospitalized Patients,"
Al-Qadisiyah Medical Journal: Vol. 3:
Iss.
4, Article 30.
DOI: 10.28922/qmj.2007.3.4.297-307
Available at:
https://qmj.researchcommons.org/journal/vol3/iss4/30
First Page
297
Last Page
307
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