Aetiology of hyponatraemia after hip fracture
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Stephen J. Grant; A Winter; Claire Holmes; Mario Hair; Jennifer McGlynn; Lynne Jamieson; Graeme Holt
- Source
- European Orthopaedics and Traumatology. 6:163-168
- Subject
- medicine.medical_specialty
Univariate analysis
Fluid administration
Hip fracture
endocrine system diseases
Sports medicine
business.industry
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
nutritional and metabolic diseases
medicine.disease
Logistic regression
nervous system diseases
Surgery
Internal medicine
Orthopedic surgery
medicine
Etiology
business
Thiazide
medicine.drug
- Language
- ISSN
- 1867-4577
1867-4569
In this study, we report the prevalence and aetiology of hyponatraemia after surgery for hip fracture. We conducted a retrospective analysis of 144 consecutive patients who underwent surgery after sustaining a hip fracture. Data were collected from medical case records, operative notes and electrolyte results. Univariate and logistic regression analysis was conducted in order to identify significant independent risk factors for the development of hyponatraemia. Mild hyponatraemia was relatively common affecting 19 % (28/144) of patients pre-operatively and 28 % (40/144) post-operatively. However, moderate/severe hyponatraemia (plasma sodium concentration