Point‐of‐care ultrasound is a useful adjunct tool to a clinician's assessment in the evaluation of severe hyponatraemia

Introduction Hyponatraemia is the most common electrolyte disorder in inpatients resulting mainly from an imbalance in water homeostasis. Intravascular fluid status assessment is pivotal but is often challenging given multimorbidity, polypharmacy and diuretics use. We evaluated the utility of point‐...

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical endocrinology (Oxford) 2024-06, Vol.100 (6), p.595-601
Hauptverfasser: Rahman, Latif R., Melson, Eka, Alousi, Salam Al, Sardar, Muhammad, Levy, Miles J., Shafiq, Shahriar, Rahman, Faizanur, Coats, Tim, Reddy, Narendra L.
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction Hyponatraemia is the most common electrolyte disorder in inpatients resulting mainly from an imbalance in water homeostasis. Intravascular fluid status assessment is pivotal but is often challenging given multimorbidity, polypharmacy and diuretics use. We evaluated the utility of point‐of‐care ultrasound (POCUS) as an adjunct tool to standard practice for fluid assessment in severe hyponatraemia patients. Methods Patients presenting with severe hyponatremia (Serum Sodium [Na] 
ISSN:0300-0664
1365-2265
DOI:10.1111/cen.15024