Significance of hypo- and hypernatremia in chronic kidney disease
Open Access
- 29 February 2012
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
- Vol. 27 (3), 891-898
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfs038
Abstract
Both hypo- and hypernatremia are common conditions, especially in hospitalized patients and in patients with various comorbid conditions such as congestive heart failure or liver cirrhosis. Abnormal serum sodium levels have been associated with increased mortality in numerous observational studies. Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) represent a group with a high prevalence of comorbid conditions that could predispose to dysnatremias. In addition, the failing kidney is also characterized by a gradual development of hyposthenuria, and even isosthenuria, which results in further predisposition to the development of hypo- and hypernatremia in those with advancing stages of CKD. To date, there has been a paucity of population-wide assessments of the incidence and prevalence of dysnatremias, their clinical characteristics and the outcomes associated with them in patients with various stages of CKD. We review the physiology and pathophysiology of water homeostasis with special emphasis on changes occurring in CKD, the outcomes associated with abnormal serum sodium in patients with normal kidney function and the results of recent studies in patients with various stages of CKD, which indicate a substantial incidence and prevalence and significant adverse outcomes associated with dysnatremias in this patient population.This publication has 51 references indexed in Scilit:
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