Marahrens B, Damsch L, Lehmann R, Matyukhin I, Patschan S, Patschan D. Increased Serum Sodium at Acute Kidney Injury Onset Predicts In-Hospital Death.
J Clin Med Res 2023;
15:90-98. [PMID:
36895623 PMCID:
PMC9990719 DOI:
10.14740/jocmr4845]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2022] [Accepted: 01/05/2023] [Indexed: 03/04/2023] Open
Abstract
Background
Over the last decades, acute kidney injury (AKI) has been identified as a potentially fatal diagnosis which substantially increases in-hospital mortality in the short term and morbidity/mortality in the long term. However, reliable biomarkers for predicting AKI-associated outcomes are still missing. In this study, we assessed whether serum sodium, measured at different time points during the in-hospital treatment period, provided prognostic information in AKI.
Methods
This was a retrospective, observational cohort study. AKI subjects were identified via the in-hospital AKI alert system. Serum sodium and potassium levels were documented at five pre-defined time points: hospital admission, AKI onset, minimum estimated glomerular filtration rate, minimum and maximum of the respective electrolyte during the treatment period. In-hospital death, the need for kidney replacement therapy (KRT) and recovery of kidney function were defined as endpoints.
Results
Patients who suffered in-hospital death (n = 37, 23.1%) showed significantly higher serum sodium levels at diagnosis of AKI (survivors: 145.7 ± 2.13 vs. non-survivors: 138.8 ± 0.636 mmol/L, P = 0.003). A logistic regression model was significant for serum sodium levels in patients with in-hospital death (X2, P = 0.003; odds ratio = 1.08 (1.022 - 1.141); R2 = 0.082; d = 0.089). This suggests an increase of the relative risk for in-hospital death by 8% with every unit of serum sodium increase. Patients with a sodium above the upper normal range at AKI diagnosis were also more likely to suffer in-hospital death (P = 0.001).
Conclusion
In summary, we present evidence that serum sodium, measured at time of AKI diagnosis, potentially serves as a predictor for in-hospital death in patients with AKI.
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