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A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY ON HYPONATEREMIA IN PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY

Dr. Abdul Sadiq, Dr. Syed Ehsanullah, Dr. Jahanzaib

Objective: To assess the hyponatremia in patients suffering from hepatic encephalopathy at BUMHS Quetta Material and methods: This cross sectional study was conducted at Department of Medicine BUMHS Quetta from March 2019 to September 2019 over the period of 6 months. Total 80 Patients with age group (18-55 years) of either gender (Male & Female) admitted to hospital with diagnosis of hepatic encephalopathy of minimum 24 hr duration were selected for this study. Hyponatremia was assessed in selected patients. Results:Mean age of the patients was 38.34 ± 11.140 years. Hyponatremia was found in 31 (39%) patients. Hyponatremia was noted in 13 (41.94%) patients of age group 18-36 years and 18 (36.73%) patients of age group 37-55 years. Statistically insignificant association of hyponatremia with age was seen with p value 0.6467. Hyponatremia was found in 21 (40.38%) male patients and 10 (35.71%) female patients. But the difference of frequency of hyponatremia between male and female patients was statistically insignificant with p value 0.8109. Conclusion: Results of this study showed a higher percentage of hyponatremia in patients with HE. Male were more victim of HE as compared to female but insignificant association of hyponatremia with gender is noted. Results of this study also revealed that there is insignificant association of hyponatremia with grade of HE, socio-economic status, area of residence and age. Key Words: Hypertension, hyponatremia, diabetes mellitus, ischemic stroke.

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