A Clinical Profile of Hyponatremia in Stroke Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital
Keywords:
Hyponatremia, Stroke Patients.Abstract
Background
This study was conducted to evaluate the clinical profile of hyponatremia in stroke patients and to compare and contrast between SIADH (Syndrome of Inappropriate Secretion of Antidiuretic Hormone) and CSWS (Cerebral Salt Wasting Syndrome) based on the results.
Methods
This was a hospital based single center, descriptive type of cross-sectional study considering the prevalence of hyponatremia in stroke patients to be 35%, based on the estimation of proportion, in the Department of General Medicine, Department of Neurology, at Kasturba Hospital, Manipal a unit of Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, MAHE (Manipal Academy of Higher Education) over a period of 1.5 years from 01/01/2021 to 31/07/2022 after obtaining clearance from the institutional ethics committee and written informed consent from the study participants.
