Prevalence, Timing, Causes, and Outcomes of Hyponatremia in Hospitalized Orthopaedic Surgery Patients

Conclusions:
Hyponatremia in orthopaedic patients is associated with longer, costlier hospitalizations. The factors that significantly increased the risk of developing postoperative hyponatremia were an older age, spine fusion, hip arthroplasty, and the amount of lactated Ringer solution used.

Level of Evidence:
Prognostic Level III. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.

Source: The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - November 18, 2015 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Hennrikus, E., Ou, G., Kinney, B., Lehman, E., Grunfeld, R., Wieler, J., Damluji, A., Davis, C., Mets, B. Tags: Hip, Spine Scientific Articles Source Type: research