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Sahoo S, Guru S, Topno N, Sahoo NK. Sonographic Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter as a Guide for Correction of Hyponatremia in the Emergency Department: A Cross-sectional Study. Indian J Crit Care Med 2023; 27 (4):265-269.
Background: Monitoring sodium levels during the correction of hyponatremia is essential. There is cell swelling due to the movement of water from extracellular to intracellular by osmotic effect in hyponatremia. The cellular swelling in a closed space causes increased intracranial pressure (ICP). The raised ICP correlates with the optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD). So, the research question was whether the ONSD can be used as a guide for the correction of hyponatremia.
Methods: It was a prospective observational study conducted on patients with serum sodium below 135 mEq/L presented to the emergency department (ED). The ONSD was measured at the time of presentation and discharge of the patient. The receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) and area under the curve (AUC) were used to test the predictive ability of the ONSD to diagnose hyponatremia.
Results: A total of 54 subjects were included in the study. The mean sodium level was 109.3 mEq/L at presentation. The mean ONSD on the right side was 6.24 ± 0.71 mm and on the left side was 6.26 ± 0.64 mm at presentation to ED. The mean ONSD on the right side was 5.81 ± 0.58 mm and on the left side was 5.79 ± 0.56 mm at discharge. The ONSD was not able to predict the sodium level measured both by laboratory and POC methods.
Conclusion: The ONSD failed to predict the sodium level in patients with hyponatremia during the correction. The change in ONSD did not correlate with the change in sodium level.
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