Factors Affecting on Treatment of Hyponatremia in Hyponatremic Patients / 대한신장학회잡지

Hyponatremia, well known as a serious medical condition, is the most frequent electrolyte disorder in clinical medicine. The aim of this study is to bring to readers affecting factors in hyponatremia treatment and to suggest effective treatment guideline. We studied general characteristics, associated serum potassium change, relationship of sodium concentration in urine, and affecting factors on serum sodium correction in 76 hyponatremic patients who had admitted Hanyang University Kuri Hospital. These 73 hyponatremic patients were divided into 10 groups according to cause and treatment by retrospective analysis(1 group : G-I origin, 2 group : CRF, 3 group : CHF, 4 group: LC, 5 group : adrenal origin, 6 group : diuretics use, 7 group : CHF with di- uretics use, 8 group : LC with diuretics use, 9 group : polydypsia, 10 group : SIADH). Serum sodium were 124.2+/-6.9mEq/L in initial diagnosis, 125.6 +/-7.7mEq/L after 48 hour, and 129.8+/-6.3mEq/L in final evaluation. Among these hyponatremic patients, thirty patients' (41.1%) sodium correction rate were below 0.5mEq/L/hr during initial 48 hour and fifteen patients(20.5%) were corrected above 135mEq/l in serum sodium Initial serum potassium was average 4,07mEq/L, and 15 patients in 73 hyponatremic patients were hypokalemic feature. Eight patients of 15 hypokalemic patients were corrected to normal potassium level and in addition, four patients of 8 corrected patients were corrected to normal sodium level above 135mEq/L. The disease frequency were highest in GI origin (31.5%), followed by SIADH(20.5%) and LC(12.3%). In our study, hyponatremia correction was not related to patient sex, age, and initial serum sodium concentration. In conclusion, Hyponatremia prognosis was not related to initial serum sodium concentration and corection rate, but related to treatment of underlying disease. And hypokalemia acompanied by hyponetremia was corrected after correction of hyponatremia.

Impaired potassium handling after acute oral potassium loading in outpatients on standard dose of trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole(TMP/SMX) / 대한내과학회지

BACKGROUND: TMP/SMX has been shown to cause hyperkalemia in a few outpatients on standard-dose. This prospective study was aimed at investigating other associated factors inducing clinically important hyperkalemia in outpatients on standard-dose of TMP/SMX. METHODS: Age-matched diabetic(n=22) and non-diabetic (n=20) patients with UTI on standard dose of TMP/SMX for 5 days were given acute oral intake of 40 mEq of potassium chloride(KCl). RESULTS: Before the intake of TMP/SMX, basal levels of serum potassium(K), serum BUN and creatinine, plasma renin activity(PRA), aldosterone(PA), and transtubular potassium gradient(TTKG) were comparable between diabetic and non-diabetic subjects. Also after TMP/SMX was taken, all parameters didnt reveal any overt changes except a slightly increased serum K but not significantly (from 4.20+/-0.15 to 4.14+/-0.21mEq/L in non-diabetics; from 4.13+/-0.18 to 4.25+/-0.13mEq/L in diabetics). Following acute oral KCl load, however, the peak increases of serum K changes were significantly higher in diabetics compared to non-diabetics(0.34 0.06 vs 0.62 0.09mEq/L, p 5.0 mEq/L). After KCl load, PRA did not show any significant changes, whereas PA was increased simultaneously with the increments of serum K in both diabetic subgroups hyperkalemic(n=8) and normokalemic (n=14) diabetics. But increment was blunted in hyperkalemic diabetic subgroup. TTKG was increased prominently in normokalemic diabetic subgroup(9.20 from 4.50), while it was slightly increased in hyperkalemic diabetic subgroup(4.63 from 3.79mEq/L). There was statistical difference between two subgroups(p < 0.05). In conclusion, Besides the known effect of blocking sodium channels in distal K secreting cells by TMP/SMX, insulinopenia(DM). Hypoaldosteronism with its decreased tubular bioactivity, and increased exogenous K intake in concert could cause clinically overt hyperkalemia on standard-dose of TMP/SMX. When standard- dose of TMP/SMX is administered to patients with deranged K homeostasis, especially to diabetics with hypoaldosteronism, blood K level should be monitored meticulously to avoid hyperkalemia.

Comparison of Free Ionized Calcium Levels by Direct Measurement and Those Calculated from Total Calcium, Albumin, and pH in Chronically Ill Patients / 대한신장학회잡지

This study was aimed to assess the free calcium status with or without its direct measurement in patients on hemodialysis(HD: n=27) and malnourished ones from extrarenal diseases(MN: n=14). It was performed by the comparison of measured free calcium (Ca++m) levels by gas analyzer and calculated free calcium(Ca++c) levels based on those of total calcium (TCa), albumin, and pH with the modified algorithm invented by Moore(J Clin Invest. 49:318, 1970). Of 27 HD pts, 14(5296) had low[Ca++m] below 1.05mmol/L despite only 2(796) with low [TCa] below 2.05mmoV L, whereas 14 MN pts had similar numbers between low[Ca++m] and low[TCa]. Compared to MN pts, HD pts showed significantly lower mean levels(SE) of pH(7.37 0.01 vs. 7A4 0.01, p<0.01), higher[TCa](2.33 0.04 vs. 1.83 0.08mmol/L, p<0.01), and higher albumin (4.33 0.06 vs. 2.59 0.17mg/dL, p<0.01).However, [Ca++m] between 2 groups did not reveal any significant difference. Furtherrnore, in total 41 pts of 2 groups, no similarity was observed between the values of [Ca++ml and [Ca++c] but with their significant difference(p<0.05). Only[TCa] was significantly corre- lated with albumin level(r=0.73, p<0.01). Furthermore, multiple regression analysis between [Ca++m] and other factors including pH and albumin didn't show any correlation. In conclusion, this data suggests that relatively high prevalence of low values of physiologically important free ionized calcium in chronically ill pts, especially on maintenance HD, could be missed when predicted on total calcium level, and pH without its direct measurement.

Initial Transient Neurologic Recovery Followed by Delayed Deterioration of Osmotic Demyelination Syndrome: A Case Report / 대한신장학회잡지

In literatures, most of the studies of severe hyponatremia during or following its treatment has been concentrated with special references to the rate of correction and its neurologic outcomes. But, there is relatively few ones analyzing the diverse clinical manifestations of neurologic symptorns or complications during the course of treating severe hyponatremia. We experienced a catastrophic course related to hyponatremia in a 51 year woman with severe rheumatoid arthritis, who underwent knee joint replacement, and this case revealed the initial transient neurologic recovery for 3 days by the initial rapid correction of hyponatremia, then followed by delayed deterioration of osmotic demyelination syndrome leading to locked-in syndrome. Reported cases with similar clinical course (biphasic course) in the world lituratures were reviewed with special interests in the initial maximum rate of correction of hyponatremia and radiologic findings. This review suggests that clinicians treating the patients with severe symptomatic hyponatremia should be aware of the possibility of delayed neurologic sequelae despite the recovery of neurologic status as well as the degree of hyponatremia in the early treatment course of hyponatremia.