Acute hyponatremia after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: Frequency, treatment, and outcome

Kieninger, Martin and Kerscher, Christina and Bruendl, Elisabeth and Bele, Sylvia and Proescholdt, Martin and Zeman, Florian and Graf, Bernhard and Schmidt, Nils-Ole and Schebesch, Karl-Michael (2021) Acute hyponatremia after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: Frequency, treatment, and outcome. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE, 88. pp. 237-242. ISSN 0967-5868, 1532-2653

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Abstract

We retrospectively examined the course of serum sodium levels in 180 patients with acute aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) who had been admitted to the anesthesiologic-neurosurgical intensive care unit of the University Medical Center Regensburg, Germany, between January 2014 and December 2018. Each patient file was analyzed regarding the frequency and intensity of hyponatremic episodes and the administered medication. At admission to the intensive care unit (ICU), 18 patients had shown initial hyponatremia (<135 mmol/L) and 4 patients hypernatremia (greater than145 mmol/L). 88 (48.9%) of the 158 patients with normal serum sodium levels developed at least one hyponatremic episode during ICU treatment. The number of hyponatremic episodes was similar between patients with higher-grade and lower-grade aneurysmal SAH (P = 0.848). At the end of ICU treatment, outcome did not differ between patients with and without hyponatremia (40/88, 45.5% vs. 38/70, 54.3%, P = 0.270). At 6 months after SAH, however, good outcome (Glasgow outcome scale, GOS 4-5) was more frequently observed in patients with hyponatremia (26/88, 29.5% vs. 32/70, 45.7%, P = 0.036). Medication with sodium chloride, fludrocortisone, or tolvaptan was initiated in 75.4% patients with mild hyponatremia (130-134 mmol/L) and in 92.9% with moderate hyponatremia (125-129 mmol/L). At 6 months after SAH, patients treated with tolvaptan had a lower rate of poor outcome than patients who had not received tolvaptan (1/14, 7.1% vs. 25/74, 33.8%, P = 0.045). In patients with acute aneurysmal SAH and hyponatremic episodes, consequent treatment of hyponatremia prevented impaired outcome. Because administration of tolvaptan rapidly normalized serum sodium levels, this therapy seems to be a promising treatment approach. (c) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; COMPLICATIONS; MANAGEMENT; TOLVAPTAN; VASOSPASM; MORTALITY; HORMONE; IMPACT; SIAD; Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage; Hyponatremia; Cerebral salt wasting syndrome (CSWS); Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic; hormone secretion (SIADH); Tolvaptan
Subjects: 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine
Divisions: Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Anästhesiologie
Medicine > Zentren des Universitätsklinikums Regensburg > Zentrum für Klinische Studien
Depositing User: Dr. Gernot Deinzer
Date Deposited: 02 Aug 2022 05:53
Last Modified: 02 Aug 2022 05:53
URI: https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/45937

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