Bojana Radulović1, Ines Potočnjak2, Sanda Dokoza Terešak2, Matias Trbušić3, Nada Vrkić4, Davorin Malogorski2, Neven Starčević5, Milan Milošević6, Saša Frank7, Vesna Degoricija8. 1. University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia. Electronic address: bojanara84@yahoo.com. 2. University Hospital Centre Sisters of Charity, Zagreb, Croatia. 3. University Hospital Centre Sisters of Charity, Zagreb, Croatia; University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia. 4. University Hospital Centre Sisters of Charity, Zagreb, Croatia; University of Zagreb Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Zagreb, Croatia. 5. Clinical Hospital "Sv.Duh", Zagreb, Croatia. 6. Andrija Štampar School of Public Health, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia. 7. Institute of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Centre of Molecular Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria. 8. University Hospital Centre Sisters of Charity, Zagreb, Croatia; University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia. Electronic address: vesna.degoricija@mef.hr.
Abstract
AIMS: Heart failure (HF) is a major public health issue currently affecting more than 23 million patients worldwide. Hyponatraemia has been shown to be a predictor of poor outcome in patients with acute and chronic HF. Therefore, we aimed at finding a marker for early detection of patients at risk for developing hyponatraemia. To this end, the present study investigated the relationship between initial serum chloride and follow-up sodium levels in acute heart failure (AHF) patients. METHODS AND RESULTS: The present study was performed as a prospective, single-centre, observational research with a total of 152 hospitalised AHF patients. Compared to patients with initial normochloraemia, patients with initial hypochloraemia had a statistically significantly higher incidence of hyponatraemia after a 3-month follow-up [P<0.001; odds ratio (OR)=27.08, CI: 4.3-170.7]. A similar finding was obtained upon exclusion of patients with initial hyponatraemia with Fishers test [P=0.034; odds ratio (OR)=15.5, CI:1.7-140.6]. Binary logistic regression revealed a significantly increased in-hospital mortality in the hypochloraemic/normonatriaemic (OR=4.08, CI 1.08-15.43, P=0.039), but not in the hypochloraemic/hyponatraemic, normochloraemic/hyponatraemic or normonatriaemic/normochloraemic patients. Ejection fraction (EF) at admission was significantly higher in hypochloraemic/normonatriaemic, compared to normonatriaemic/normochloraemic patients, but similar to EF in both hypochloraemic/hyponatraemic and normochloraemic/hyponatraemic patients. The N-terminal precursor Brain Natriuretic Peptide (Nt-proBNP) levels at admission were significantly lower in hypochloraemic/normonatriaemic compared to hypochloraemic/hyponatraemic and normonatriaemic/normochloraemic patients, respectively. CONCLUSION: The data show that initial low serum chloride concentration is predictive of developing hyponatraemia and associated with increased in-hospital mortality in AHF patients.
AIMS: Heart failure (HF) is a major public health issue currently affecting more than 23 million patients worldwide. Hyponatraemia has been shown to be a predictor of poor outcome in patients with acute and chronic HF. Therefore, we aimed at finding a marker for early detection of patients at risk for developing hyponatraemia. To this end, the present study investigated the relationship between initial serum chloride and follow-up sodium levels in acute heart failure (AHF) patients. METHODS AND RESULTS: The present study was performed as a prospective, single-centre, observational research with a total of 152 hospitalised AHF patients. Compared to patients with initial normochloraemia, patients with initial hypochloraemia had a statistically significantly higher incidence of hyponatraemia after a 3-month follow-up [P<0.001; odds ratio (OR)=27.08, CI: 4.3-170.7]. A similar finding was obtained upon exclusion of patients with initial hyponatraemia with Fishers test [P=0.034; odds ratio (OR)=15.5, CI:1.7-140.6]. Binary logistic regression revealed a significantly increased in-hospital mortality in the hypochloraemic/normonatriaemic (OR=4.08, CI 1.08-15.43, P=0.039), but not in the hypochloraemic/hyponatraemic, normochloraemic/hyponatraemic or normonatriaemic/normochloraemic patients. Ejection fraction (EF) at admission was significantly higher in hypochloraemic/normonatriaemic, compared to normonatriaemic/normochloraemic patients, but similar to EF in both hypochloraemic/hyponatraemic and normochloraemic/hyponatraemic patients. The N-terminal precursor Brain Natriuretic Peptide (Nt-proBNP) levels at admission were significantly lower in hypochloraemic/normonatriaemic compared to hypochloraemic/hyponatraemic and normonatriaemic/normochloraemic patients, respectively. CONCLUSION: The data show that initial low serum chloride concentration is predictive of developing hyponatraemia and associated with increased in-hospital mortality in AHF patients.
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