Item type: | Article | ||||
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Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Clinical Neuroscience | ||||
Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||
Place of Publication: | OXFORD | ||||
Volume: | 88 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 237-242 | ||||
Date: | 2021 | ||||
Institutions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Anästhesiologie Medicine > Zentren des Universitätsklinikums Regensburg > Zentrum für Klinische Studien | ||||
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Keywords: | PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; COMPLICATIONS; MANAGEMENT; TOLVAPTAN; VASOSPASM; MORTALITY; HORMONE; IMPACT; SIAD; Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage; Hyponatremia; Cerebral salt wasting syndrome (CSWS); Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic; hormone secretion (SIADH); Tolvaptan | ||||
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine | ||||
Status: | Published | ||||
Refereed: | Yes, this version has been refereed | ||||
Created at the University of Regensburg: | Yes | ||||
Item ID: | 55741 |
Abstract
We retrospectively examined the course of serum sodium levels in 180 patients with acute aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) who had been admitted to the anesthesiologic-neurosurgical intensive care unit of the University Medical Center Regensburg, Germany, between January 2014 and December 2018. Each patient file was analyzed regarding the frequency and intensity of hyponatremic episodes ...
Abstract
We retrospectively examined the course of serum sodium levels in 180 patients with acute aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) who had been admitted to the anesthesiologic-neurosurgical intensive care unit of the University Medical Center Regensburg, Germany, between January 2014 and December 2018. Each patient file was analyzed regarding the frequency and intensity of hyponatremic episodes and the administered medication. At admission to the intensive care unit (ICU), 18 patients had shown initial hyponatremia (<135 mmol/L) and 4 patients hypernatremia (greater than145 mmol/L). 88 (48.9%) of the 158 patients with normal serum sodium levels developed at least one hyponatremic episode during ICU treatment. The number of hyponatremic episodes was similar between patients with higher-grade and lower-grade aneurysmal SAH (P = 0.848). At the end of ICU treatment, outcome did not differ between patients with and without hyponatremia (40/88, 45.5% vs. 38/70, 54.3%, P = 0.270). At 6 months after SAH, however, good outcome (Glasgow outcome scale, GOS 4-5) was more frequently observed in patients with hyponatremia (26/88, 29.5% vs. 32/70, 45.7%, P = 0.036). Medication with sodium chloride, fludrocortisone, or tolvaptan was initiated in 75.4% patients with mild hyponatremia (130-134 mmol/L) and in 92.9% with moderate hyponatremia (125-129 mmol/L). At 6 months after SAH, patients treated with tolvaptan had a lower rate of poor outcome than patients who had not received tolvaptan (1/14, 7.1% vs. 25/74, 33.8%, P = 0.045). In patients with acute aneurysmal SAH and hyponatremic episodes, consequent treatment of hyponatremia prevented impaired outcome. Because administration of tolvaptan rapidly normalized serum sodium levels, this therapy seems to be a promising treatment approach. (c) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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