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Hyponatremia is the most frequent electrolyte disorder encountered in clinical practice. The patient approach, however, is still problematic, above all because hyponatremia is a manifestation correlated to various pathological conditions, with complex etiopathogenesis.

Even though some algorithms have been proposed to correctly assess hyponatremia subtype classification and patient volume status, there is no single parameter that has proven to be able alone to perfectly achieve this result.


Clinical Trial Description

Hyponatremia is the most frequent electrolyte disorder encountered in clinical practice and is often associated with increased mortality, morbidity and risk of hospitalization. The patient approach, however, is still problematic, above all because hyponatremia is a manifestation correlated to various pathological conditions, with complex etiopathogenesis.

The most commonly used classification of hypotonic hyponatremia is, nowadays, the one described in a famous review by Kumar and Berl (see Bibliography). Probably the most crucial point in this classification is represented by the correct assessment of Extracellular Fluid Volume Status (i.e. hypovolemia, euvolemia, hypervolemia).

Even though some algorithms have been proposed to correctly assess hyponatremia subtype classification and patient volume status, there is no single parameter that has proven to be able alone to perfectly achieve this result.

In the current study, the reference test (gold standard) for the definitive assessment of hyponatremia subtype classification and patient volume status was a post-discharge re-evaluation of all the available evidence (with the exception of plasma copeptin levels) carried out by two independent neuroendocrinologists with specific expertise in sodium disorders. In case of disagreement, the experts proceeded to a discussion and comparison of their opinions, in order to produce a shared one.

Using this gold standard, the main aims of this observational prospective study were:

1. to estimate the diagnostic accuracy of the clinicians in identifying the subtype of hyponatremia at the first evaluation of the patients in the ED and then at the admission to the wards;

2. to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of the most important methods suggested by the literature (clinical, imaging, biochemical) for the assessment of Extracellular Fluid Volume.

In addition to this, in recent years copeptin has been shown to be a promising parameter for the evaluation of sodium disorders and water imbalances, but its diagnostic role in the setting of hyponatremic patients is still largely unknown. Therefore, a secondary objective of the study was to specifically evaluate the utility of copeptin (whose values - as specified before - were hidden to the neuroendocrinologists in charge of defining the gold standard diagnoses for each patient) for the assessment of hyponatremia subtype classification and patient volume status. ;


Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms

  • Hyponatremia
  • Hyponatremia With Excess Extracellular Fluid Volume
  • Hyponatremia With Extracellular Fluid Depletion
  • Hyponatremia With Normal Extracellular Fluid Volume
  • Hypovolemia

NCT number NCT04402190
Study type Observational
Source Azienda Ospedaliera Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino
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Status Completed
Phase
Start date June 1, 2018
Completion date February 28, 2020

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