FREQUENCY OF HYPONATREMIA, HYPOKALEMIA AND RENAL DYSFUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEART FAILURE

Authors

  • Muhammad Rehanul Haq
  • Muhammad Faheem
  • Muhammad Habeel Dar
  • Abdul Hadi
  • Ikram Ullah

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47144/phj.v51i2.1494

Abstract

Objective: To determine the frequency of hypokalemia, hyponatremia and renaldysfunction in patients with chronic heart failure.

Methodology: This was a cross sectional study including patients admitted withheart failure in Department of Cardiology, Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar. Theduration of the study was eight months from January to September 2014. Samplewas non-probability consecutive sampling. Diagnosis of heart failure was madeon clinical examination and echocardiography. Blood sample were collected fromall admitted patients for serum electrolytes and serum creatinine and results wererecorded on pre-specified study proforma. Data was stored and analyzed viaSPSS version 16.

Results: A total of 264 patients of chronic heart failure were admitted to thehospital. There were 147 (55.68%) females. Male to female ratio was 1:0.80.Mean age of the patients was 52.25±12.55 years with range of 26-73 years.Heart failure was more prevelant in age range of 46-60 years. Hypokalemia inchronic heart failure was observed in 65(24.6%), hyponatremia in 75(28.4%)and renal dysfunction was observed in 71(26.9%) of heart failure patients.Hypokalemia was present in 30.8%, hyponatremia in 37.2% and renaldysfunction in 24.4% of patients with 60 years of age. Gender wise distribution ofhypokalemia, hyponatremia and renal dysfunction showed no association.

Conclusion: Hypokalemia, hyponatremia and renal dysfunction weredocumented in a high number of patients with chronic heart failure associatedwith increased mortality.

Key Words: Hypokalemia, Hyponatremia, Renal dysfunction, Chronic heartfailure.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Downloads

How to Cite

1.
Haq MR, Faheem M, Dar MH, Hadi A, Ullah I. FREQUENCY OF HYPONATREMIA, HYPOKALEMIA AND RENAL DYSFUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEART FAILURE. Pak Heart J [Internet]. 2018Oct.22 [cited 2024Nov.23];51(2). Available from: https://pakheartjournal.com/index.php/pk/article/view/1494

Issue

Vol. 51 No. 2 (2018): Pakistan Heart Journal

Section

Original Article

License

When an article is accepted for publication in the print format, the author will be required to transfer exclusive copyright to the PHJ and retain the rights to use and share their published article with others. However, re-submission of the full article or any part for publication by a third party would require prior permission of the PHJ.

Online publication will allow the author to retain the copyright and share the article under the agreement described in the licensing rights with creative commons, with appropriate attribution to PHJ. Creative Commons attribution license CC BY 4.0 is applied to articles published in PHJ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/