TY - JOUR
T1 - The prognosis of heart failure patients
T2 - Does sodium level play a significant role?
AU - Abebe, Tamrat Befekadu
AU - Gebreyohannes, Eyob Alemayehu
AU - Tefera, Yonas Getaye
AU - Bhagavathula, Akshaya Srikanth
AU - Erku, Daniel Asfaw
AU - Belachew, Sewunet Admasu
AU - Gebresillassie, Begashaw Melaku
AU - Abegaz, Tadesse Melaku
N1 - We would like to acknowledge the medical record department staffs for their support in searching and arranging study participants medical chart for the study. This publication has been produced during one of the author (TBA) was in scholarship period at Karolinska Institutet, thanks to a Swedish Institute Scholarship.
PY - 2018/11
Y1 - 2018/11
N2 - Heart failure (HF), a major cardiovascular disorder, remains a grievous clinical condition regardless of advances in medical care. Hyponatremia is classified as a serum sodium concentration of <135 mEq/L, and the prevalence, clinical impact and prognostic factor of hyponatremia in heart failure patients varies widely. The current study was conducted with the aim of assessing the prevalence of hyponatremia in patients hospitalized with a diagnosis of HF and comparing baseline clinical characteristic of HF patients based on their sodium status. Survival difference between patients with hyponatremia and normonatremia was also assessed and the clinical prognostic indicators of overall mortality in HF patients were evaluated.
AB - Heart failure (HF), a major cardiovascular disorder, remains a grievous clinical condition regardless of advances in medical care. Hyponatremia is classified as a serum sodium concentration of <135 mEq/L, and the prevalence, clinical impact and prognostic factor of hyponatremia in heart failure patients varies widely. The current study was conducted with the aim of assessing the prevalence of hyponatremia in patients hospitalized with a diagnosis of HF and comparing baseline clinical characteristic of HF patients based on their sodium status. Survival difference between patients with hyponatremia and normonatremia was also assessed and the clinical prognostic indicators of overall mortality in HF patients were evaluated.
U2 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0207242
DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0207242
M3 - Article
SN - 1932-6203
VL - 13
JO - PloS ONE
JF - PloS ONE
IS - 11
M1 - e0223007
ER -