Prospective, multicentre study of screening, investigation and management of hyponatraemia after subarachnoid haemorrhage in the UK and Ireland

Loan, J. J. M. et al. (2023) Prospective, multicentre study of screening, investigation and management of hyponatraemia after subarachnoid haemorrhage in the UK and Ireland. Stroke and Vascular Neurology, 8, e001583. (doi: 10.1136/svn-2022-001583) (PMID:36150732) (PMCID:PMC10359796)

Abstract

Background: Hyponatraemia often occurs after subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH). However, its clinical significance and optimal management are uncertain. We audited the screening, investigation and management of hyponatraemia after SAH. Methods: We prospectively identified consecutive patients with spontaneous SAH admitted to neurosurgical units in the United Kingdom or Ireland. We reviewed medical records daily from admission to discharge, 21 days or death and extracted all measurements of serum sodium to identify hyponatraemia (<135 mmol/L). Main outcomes were death/dependency at discharge or 21 days and admission duration >10 days. Associations of hyponatraemia with outcome were assessed using logistic regression with adjustment for predictors of outcome after SAH and admission duration. We assessed hyponatraemia-free survival using multivariable Cox regression. Results: 175/407 (43%) patients admitted to 24 neurosurgical units developed hyponatraemia. 5976 serum sodium measurements were made. Serum osmolality, urine osmolality and urine sodium were measured in 30/166 (18%) hyponatraemic patients with complete data. The most frequently target daily fluid intake was >3 L and this did not differ during hyponatraemic or non-hyponatraemic episodes. 26% (n/N=42/164) patients with hyponatraemia received sodium supplementation. 133 (35%) patients were dead or dependent within the study period and 240 (68%) patients had hospital admission for over 10 days. In the multivariable analyses, hyponatraemia was associated with less dependency (adjusted OR (aOR)=0.35 (95% CI 0.17 to 0.69)) but longer admissions (aOR=3.2 (1.8 to 5.7)). World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies grade I–III, modified Fisher 2–4 and posterior circulation aneurysms were associated with greater hazards of hyponatraemia. Conclusions: In this comprehensive multicentre prospective-adjusted analysis of patients with SAH, hyponatraemia was investigated inconsistently and, for most patients, was not associated with changes in management or clinical outcome. This work establishes a basis for the development of evidence-based SAH-specific guidance for targeted screening, investigation and management of high-risk patients to minimise the impact of hyponatraemia on admission duration and to improve consistency of patient care.

• Item Type: Articles
• Additional Information: JJML is supported by a Wellcome Trust Fellowship Grant (214145/Z/18/Z). MTCP is supported by a Cancer Research UK Brain Tumour Centre of Excellence Award (C157/A27589).
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Tominey, Dr Steven and Lammy, Dr Simon
• Authors: Loan, J. J. M., Tominey, S., Baweja, K., Woodfield, J., Chambers, T. J. G., Haley, M., Kundu, S. S., Tang, H. Y. J., Wiggins, A. N., Poon, M. T. C., Brennan, P. M., Mohan, M., Goitiandia, S. W., Lyons, A., Freer-Smith, C., Kyriacou, H., Baker, O., O'Brien, D., Johnson, J. A., Croyle, J., McCandless, C., Roman, E., Dumitrascu, F., Gressmann, K., Teo, M., Lee, K. S., Meghrawi, K., Rees, N., Mona, T., Mohammed, W., Minnock, E., Kundu, S., Grufferty, D., Daswani, H., Rajesh, J., Kaskun, O., Sofela, A., Osunronbi, T., Toma, A., Tijare, C., Ahmad, R., Kam, S. Y. M., Hawkins, S., Stokes, S., Poolovadoo, Y., Baker, J., Siddique, A. N., Othman, L., Kehoe, K., Giannakaki, V., Mukerji, N., Carr, H., Allison, C., Hughes, J. T., Cheong, J., Boukas, A., Piper, R., Lamb, C., Zorman, M. J., Latinwo, R. B., Sravanam, S., Bandyopadhyay, S., Honeyman, S. I., Rajashekar, D., Jung, J., Sheikh, M. E., Cope, J., Mehta, B., Sanghvi, H., McLean, L., Shehab, M., Kalra, N., Anderson, I., Khan, T., Vyas, N., John, A., Thomas, D., Kakwani, M., Chan, V. W.-S., Matloob, S., Bin Jalal, A. H., Khan, M., Ramali, M. R., Asanitthong, P., Phuah, Y. Z., McSorley, N., Robin, N., Hutton, D., Kouli, O., Kumaria, A., Chan, H. W., Glancz, L. J., Haley, M., Hollingworth, M., Ingale, H., Bettoli, G., Cummins, T., Frantzias, J., Mehta, S., Mohamed, A. A., Reyhani, H., Sall, J. K., Vyas, R., Belli, A., Yakoub, K., Lammy, S., Tang, J., Hashim Sinan, L. O., Maqsood, R., Kotikalapudi, S., Holmes, D., Dasgupta, D., Taqvi, A. A., Southey, C., Thompson, A., Senior, H., Hardcastle, N., Loan, J., Tominey, S., Scott, C., Chiu, J., Birt, K., Baweja, K., Walters, R., Nair, S. G., Grundy, T., Rooprai, N., Radcliffe, H., Nabahin, M., Siva, S., Mohammed, S., Galloway, L., Zaidi, S., Hall, E., Sells, L., Namono, S. F., Paranathala, M., Gough, M., Agarwal, A., Lea, A., Russell, J., Denham, K., Harris, L., Anzak, A., Sohrabi, C., Pai, H., Dheden, N., Arora, S., Merola, J., Tze Shan, T. Y., Merican, D., Vivian Pak, H. Y., Siah, Q. Z., Yang Ooi, S. Z., Chia, W. L., Hall, S., Marwaha, P. K., Robbin, K., Millward, C. P., George, A. M., Foster, K., Patel, P., and Bahl, S.
• College/School: College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing
• Journal Name: Stroke and Vascular Neurology
• Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
• ISSN: 2059-8688
• ISSN (Online): 2059-8696
• Published Online: 23 September 2022
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2023 The Authors
• First Published: First published in Stroke and Vascular Neurology 8:e001583
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons License