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ea0041ep4 | Adrenal cortex (to include Cushing's) | ECE2016

Missed opportunities for appropriate diagnosis and management of profound hyponatraemia – Audit of District General Hospital experience

Cai Paris Limin , Thomas Christopher James , Zeb Qaiser , Anazodo Cosmas , Malik Mohamed

Population and methodology: Patients with profound hyponatraemia (serum Na ≤125 mmol/l) admitted 1 November 2014 to 30 April 2015 were identified using hospital admission registry, laboratory’s database and qualitative data from the patients’ electronic records. Discharge summaries and death certificates were reviewed.Objectives: This is a retrospective audit set to asses: i) whether initial investigations of hyponatraemia were performed ...