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- Title
Serum Sodium and Potassium Levels in Cerebro-vascular Accident Patients.
- Authors
FARAHMAND, Shervin; CHOOBI ANZALI, Babak; HESHMAT, Ramin; GHAFOURI, Hamed-Basir; HAMEDANCHI, Sepehr
- Abstract
Background: We aim to assess serum sodium and potassium levels in patients with different types of cerebro-vascular accidents (CVA) in comparison to control group. Methods: A comparative cross-sectional study conducted on patients admitted to the emergency department from January to August 2012. Control group consisted of patients admitted to emergency department due to common cold, urinary tract infection, low back pain, cluster, and tension headache or migraine. Serum sodium and potassium levels were measured via standard laboratory methods. Results: There were 77 patients in control group and 78 in CVA group. Forty nine patients from the CVA group had ischemic CVA, 11 had hemorrhagic CVA and 18 suffered a transient ischemic attack (TIA). Serum sodium level in control group was significantly lower than in patients with TIA, ischemic CVA, and hemorrhagic CVA (P < 0.001). Serum potassium level in control group was higher than patients with TIA, ischemic CVA, and hemorrhagic CVA (P < 0.001). Patients with hemorrhagic CVA showed significantly lower serum potassium level than patients with TIA and ischemic CVA (P < 0.001). Correspondingly, it was observed that serum sodium to potassium ratio was higher in patients with TIA, ischemic CVA, and hemorrhagic CVA (P < 0.001). In patients with hemorrhagic CVA serum sodium to potassium ratio was higher when compared to patients with TIA and ischemic CVA (P < 0.001). Conclusion: This study shows that higher serum sodium and lower serum potassium level may be associated with higher incidence of CVA. Further studies are paramount to elucidate the role of serum electrolyte levels in vascular events.
- Subjects
IRAN; ANALYSIS of variance; BLOOD testing; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; STATISTICS; STROKE; T-test (Statistics); DATA analysis; CASE-control method; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2013, Vol 20, Issue 3, p39
- ISSN
1394-195X
- Publication type
Article