30 Cliaical Cases of Serious Hyponatremia From Applying Pituitrin / 中国实用内科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To summarize the clinical experience of serious hyponatremia resulted from applying pitnitrin to massive hemorrhage of gastrointestinal tract patients.Methods we used pitritrion on 2460 such patients and examined some symptoms of the digestive tract and nerve system,monitoring the dynamic state of blood sodium.Results The re- suits reveal that patients in 30 cases turned out to suffer from serious hyponatremia,whese sodium in the serum appeared less than 110 mmol/L,which was 1.22% of the rest subjects'.The relevant symptoms included nausea,vomit,spoor,coma and twitch etc.Following remedies included liquid supply with a high-concentrated sodium,ceasing using pituitrin,in- take of salute foods,and dynamic monitoring on the state of sodium in the serum.All patients recovered in 1 to 3 days without a single failure.Conclusion Thus we reach this conclusion:When applying pituitrin to massive hemorrhage of gastrointestinal tract patients,the above mentioned symptoms should be closely examined,and blood sodium should be timely monitored so that proper treatment should arrive in time.