Research Article
Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Mortality of Patients Presenting with Moderate and Severe Hyponatremia in Emergency Departments
Table 2
Hyponatremia symptoms and clinical diagnosis.
| | | Group 1: Na = 120–130 mmol/L | Group 2: Na ≤ 120 mmol/L | Total (%) | Chi-square |
| | Presenting symptoms: (Count, %) | | Gastrointestinal symptoms | 44 (23.8%) | 25 (25.3%) | 69 (24.2%) | 0.04 | | Neurological symptoms | 25 (13.5%) | 11 (11.1%) | 36 (12.6%) | | Muscular symptoms | 12 (6.5%) | 12 (12.1%) | 24 (8.4%) | | Two concomitant symptoms | 26 (14.1%) | 24 (24.2%) | 50 (17.5%) | | Three concomitant symptoms | 5 (2.7%) | 4 (4.0%) | 9 (3.2%) | | Asymptomatic | 73 (39.5%) | 23 (23.2%) | 96 (33.7%) |
| | Clinical diagnosis: (Count, %) | | Respiratory diagnosis | 26 (14.1%) | 15 (15.2%) | 41 (14.4%) | 0.87 | | Endocrinological diagnosis | 19 (10.3%) | 6 (6.1%) | 25 (8.8%) | | Cardiac diagnosis | 28 (15.1%) | 14 (14.1%) | 42 (14.7%) | | Malignant diagnosis | 2 (1.1%) | 2 (2.0%) | 4 (1.4%) | | Neurological diagnosis | 6 (3.2%) | 1 (1%) | 7 (2.5%) | | Nephrology diagnosis | 21 (11.4%) | 14 (14.1%) | 35 (12.3%) | | Infectious diagnosis | 12 (6.5%) | 8 (8.1%) | 20 (7.0%) | | Other diagnosis | 17 (9.2%) | 8 (8.1%) | 25 (8.8%) | | Hyponatremia | 54 (29.2%) | 31 (31.3%) | 85 (29.9%) |
| | Hospital outcome: (Count, %) | | Admitted to the hospital | 163 (88.1%) | 91 (99.0%) | 0.001 | | Discharged home | 22 (11.9%) | 1 (1.0%) |
| | Mortality: within 6 months | | Overall mortality 41 (14.4%) | 11 (11.1%) | 30 (16.2%) | 0.16 |
|
|
