Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Hyponatremia is associated with increased, inpatient mortality and length of stay and correct management necessitates doing appropriate investigations for accurate diagnosis of the cause.Aim: The aim of this audit was to identify, the number of medical and surgical patients admitted with hyponatreima over a 4-week period; number of cases with mild (<135) vs moderate to severe cases of hyponatremia (<130 mmol/l); determine if hyponatre...