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Dr. Tayyeba Afzal, Dr. Muhammad Naeem and Dr. Abdul Basit Maqbool*

ABSTRACT

Objective: To find out the frequency of hyponatremia in patients of traumatic brain injury. Material and methods: This cross sectional study was conducted at Department of Neurosurgery, Nishtar Hospital Multan from January 2018 to May 2018 over the period of 5 months. Total 150 patients with traumatic brain injury having age from 20-60 years either male or female were selected. Hyponatremia was assessed in selected patients. Results: Mean age of the patients with traumatic brain injury was 37.85 ± 13.15 years. Out 150 patients, hyponatremia was found in 50 (33%) patients. Hyponatremia was found in 36 (40.45%) patients and in 14 (22.95%) patients of age groups 20-40 years and age group 41-60 years respectively. Hyponatremia was significantly associated with age groups with p value 0.034. Hyponatremia was found in 34 (36.96%) male patients and in 16 (27.59%) female patients. Statistically insignificant association between hyponatremia and gender was observed with p value 0.287. Conclusion: Results of this study showed a higher percentage of hypernatremia in cases of traumatic brain injury. Development of hyponatremia was significantly associated with age groups. Male gender was more victim of traumatic brain injury as compared to female gender but development of hyponatremia was not significantly associated with gender. There were also insignificant association of hyponatremia with hypertension and diabetes mellitus was noted.