Endocrine Abstracts

Hyponatraemia is the commonest electrolyte disturbance in clinical practice and accounts for 15–20% of emergency admissions to hospital. It is thought that up to 30% of hospitalized patients develop a degree of hyponatraemia at some point during their admission. It is therefore an important problem. Management of inpatients with hyponatraemia remains problematic and an audit of our practice at St Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, has confirmed t...