Severe hospital-acquired hyponatremia in acutely ill children receiving moderately hypotonic fluids
Lehtiranta, Saara; Honkila, Minna; Kallio, Merja; Halt, Kimmo; Paalanne, Niko; Pokka, Tytti; Tapiainen, Terhi (2021-08-18)
Lehtiranta, S., Honkila, M., Kallio, M. et al. Severe hospital-acquired hyponatremia in acutely ill children receiving moderately hypotonic fluids. Pediatr Nephrol 37, 443–448 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-021-05227-0
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Abstract
Background: Hypotonic fluids have been associated with hospital-acquired hyponatremia. The incidence of life-threatening severe hyponatremia associated with hypotonic fluids has not been evaluated.
Methods: This was a population-based cohort study of 46,518 acutely ill children 15 years of age or under who visited the pediatric emergency department (ED) at Oulu University Hospital, Finland, between 2007 and 2017. We retrieved all electrolyte measurements from the comprehensive electronic laboratory system and reviewed medical records for all patients with severe hyponatremia.
Results: The overall occurrence of severe hyponatremia (serum sodium < 125 mmol/L) was found in 27 out of 46,518 acutely ill children (0.06%, 95% confidence interval 0.04–0.08%). After admission, severe hyponatremia developed in seven of 6,984 children receiving moderately hypotonic fluid therapy (0.1%, 95% confidence interval 0.04–0.2%), usually within 8 h of admission. All children who developed severe hyponatremia during hospitalization were severely ill.
Conclusion: In this register-based cohort study of children presenting to the ED, severe hyponatremia developed in one of 998 acutely ill children receiving moderately hypotonic fluid therapy.
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