Neurology Unit, Internal Medicine Department, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki (AEFUTHA), Ebonyi State, Nigeria.
Nephrology Unit, Internal Medicine Department, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki (AEFUTHA), Ebonyi State, Nigeria.
West Afr J Med. 2022 Nov 30;39(11):1188-1192.
Hyponatremia is a common electrolyte imbalance which is readily observed in patients with neurological disorders such as stroke. It is associated with increased morbidity and mortality during and after hospitalization. There has not been any study to demonstrate the frequency of admission hyponatremia in acute stroke patients in Nigeria. It is against this backdrop that we embarked on this study to determine the frequency and pattern of admission hyponatremia in acute stroke patients in a Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Nigeria.
This was a cross-sectional observational hospitalbased study undertaken at the Emergency unit of the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, Nigeria from November 2021 to April 2022.
Amongst the 177 acute stroke patients enrolled in the study, 58 (32.8%) had hyponatremia. Advanced age, alteration in consciousness, and haemorrhagic (intracerebral and subarachnoid haemorrhage) stroke were significantly associated with presence of hyponatremia.
Admission hyponatremia is prevalent amongst acute stroke patients in Abakaliki, Nigeria and commonly associated with advanced age, alteration in consciousness and haemorrhagic stroke.
低钠血症是一种常见的电解质失衡，在中风等神经系统疾病患者中很容易观察到。它与住院期间和出院后的发病率和死亡率增加有关。在尼日利亚，还没有任何研究表明急性中风患者入院时低钠血症的频率。正是在这种背景下，我们开展了这项研究，以确定尼日利亚阿巴卡利基联邦教学医院急性中风患者入院时低钠血症的频率和模式。
这是一项横断面观察性医院基础研究，于 2021 年 11 月至 2022 年 4 月在尼日利亚阿巴卡利基亚历克斯·埃克韦梅联邦大学教学医院的急诊部进行。
在纳入研究的 177 例急性中风患者中，58 例（32.8%）存在低钠血症。年龄较大、意识改变和出血性（脑内和蛛网膜下腔出血）中风与低钠血症的存在显著相关。
尼日利亚阿巴卡利基急性中风患者中存在入院时低钠血症，且常见于年龄较大、意识改变和出血性中风患者。
