Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Hyponatraemia occurs in 10- 15% of hospital admissions and is associated with an increased rate of mortality, length of stay in hospital and readmission rates when compared to patients with normal sodium levels. We developed a hyponatraemia algorithm pdf document to all non endocrine general physicians (GPs) in our hospital to aid in managing hyponatraemia effectively. However when we re-audited our practice, these guidelines were rarely used and there was a large ...

Objective: Hyponatraemia is the most common electrolyte disturbance encountered in patients – yet its management remains challenging and variable. We audit the management of hyponatraemia in a busy district general hospital, focusing on length of stay (LOS), readmissions and mortality.Methodology: A retrospective analysis was carried out of 30 consecutive inpatients alerted by the hospital biochemistry department with a sodium concentration of &#880...

Hyponatraemia is associated with an increased morbidity and mortality. Despite having a hyponatraemia algorithm (pdf format) on our hospital intranet, it was rarely accessed and a wide variation in care was noticed. A novel digital hyponatraemia diagnostic toolkit (hyponatraemia.wordpress.com) for Foundation doctors (FDs) was introduced to assess our aims if it: A) increases the awareness of FDs to start investigating when serum Sodium is <130 mmol/l B) increases FD...