Mechanism, spectrum, consequences and management of hyponatremia in tuberculous meningitis
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Usha K Misra Jayantee Kalita Tuberculous Meningitis International Research Consortium Rob E Aarnoutse Suzanne TB Anderson Nathan C Bahr Nguyen D Bang David R Boulware Tom Boyles Lindsey HM te Brake Satish Chandra Felicia C Chow Fiona V Cresswell Reinout van Crevel Angharad G Davis Sofiati Dian Joseph Donovan Kelly E Dooley Anthony Figaji A Rizal Ganiem Ravindra Kumar Garg Diana M Gibb Raph L Hamers Nguyen TT Hiep Darma Imran Akhmad Imron Sanjay K Jain Sunil K Jain Byramee Jeejeebhoy Jayantee Kalita Rashmi Kumar Vinod Kumar Arjan van Laarhoven Rachel Lai Abi Manesh Suzaan Marais Vidya Mave Graeme Meintjes David B Meya Usha K Misra Manish Modi Alvaro A Ordonez Nguyen H Phu Sunil Pradhan Kameshwar Prasad Alize Proust Lalita Ramakrishnan Ursula Rohlwink Rovina Ruslami Johannes F Schoeman James A Seddon Kusum Sharma Omar Siddiqi Regan S Solomons Nguyen TT Thuong Guy E Thwaites Ronald van Toorn Elizabeth W Tucker Sean A Wasserman Robert Wilkinson Toggle all authors (60)
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© 2019 Misra UK et al. Hyponatremia is the commonest electrolyte abnormality in hospitalized patients and is associated with poor outcome. Hyponatremia is categorized on the basis of serum sodium into severe (< 120 mEq/L), moderate (120-129 mEq/L) and mild (130-134mEq/L) groups. Serum sodium has an important role in maintaining serum osmolality, which is maintained by the action of antidiuretic hormone (ADH) secreted from the posterior pituitary, and natriuretic peptides such as atrial natriuretic peptide and brain natriuretic peptide. These peptides act on kidney tubules via the renin angiotensin aldosterone system. Hyponatremia <120mEq/L or a rapid decline in serum sodium can result in neurological manifestations, ranging from confusion to coma and seizure. Cerebral salt wasting (CSW) and syndrome of inappropriate secretion of ADH (SIADH) are important causes of hyponatremia in tuberculosis meningitis (TBM). CSW is more common than SIADH. The differentiation between CSW and SIADH is important because treatment of one may be detrimental for the other; evidence of hypovolemia in CSW and euvolemia or hypervolemia in SIADH is used for differentiation. In addition, evidence of dehydration, polyuria, negative fluid balance as assessed by intake output chart, weight loss, laboratory evidence and sometimes central venous pressure are helpful in the diagnosis of these disorders. Volume contraction in CSW may be more protracted than hyponatremia and may contribute to border zone infarctions in TBM. Hyponatremia should be promptly and carefully treated by saline and oral salt, while 3% saline should be used in severe hyponatremia with coma and seizure. In refractory patients with hyponatremia, fludrocortisone helps in early normalization of serum sodium without affecting polyuria or functional outcome. In SIADH, V2 receptor antagonist conivaptan or tolvaptan may be used if the patient is not responding to fluid restriction. Fluid restriction in SIADH has not been found to be beneficial in TBM and should be avoided.
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