JPSIM Journal of Pakistan Society of Internal Medicine J Pak Soc Intern Med 2709-8729 2710-0804 Pakistan Society of Internal Medicine 10.70302/jpsim.v1i1.2011 jpsim.v1i1.2011 Original Research Association of Hyponatremia with in-Hospital Mortality Among Patients Hospitalized With Stroke Kashif Hafiz Muhammad hafizkashif254@gmail.com * Suleman Tariq Afzal Muhammad Naeem Raza Tabish Department of Medicine & Gastroenterology Services Institute of Medical Science, Services Hospital Lahore *Correspondence: Hafiz Muhammad Kashif (hafizkashif254@gmail.com) 16 12 2020 2020 1 1 45 49 27 09 2020 05 10 2020 Copyright © 2020 The Author(s) 2020 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Objective

The present study helped in clarifying the role of hyponatremia at the time of admission on mortality in stroke patients in Pakistan.

 Methodology

It was a cohort study, conducted at Medical Unit III, Services Hospital, Lahore, from07-06-2016 to 06-12-2016.One hundred and fifty (75 in each group) patients who fulfilled inclusion criteria were enrolled after written informed consent. Sodium levels was measured on admission and patients were divided in two groups i.e., hyponatremic group comprising of Na

 Results

The mean age of patients was 63.50 +5.78 with a median of 40 and a mode 42. Most of the patients (53.3%) were above 60 years old and females (54.6%).Among 75 patients who had hyponatremia, 41 patients died in hospital while 34 were discharged from hospital. Among control group, 20 patients died while 55 were discharged from hospital (RR=2.05, P=0.001). This showed that there is strong association between hyponatremia and in-hospital mortality.

 Conclusion

Hyponatremia is strongly associated with in-hospital patients’ mortality in patients of stroke.

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