Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsu.2019.04.019
Title: Intravenous maintenance fluid tonicity and hyponatremia after major surgery- a cohort study
Authors: Winata, AS
Jen, WY
Teng, ML
Hing, WC
Iyer, SG 
Ma, V
Chua, HR 
Keywords: Electrolytes
Fluid therapy
General surgery
Homeostasis
Hypokalemia
Hyponatremia
Maintenance
Osmolar concentration
Sodium chloride
Water-electrolyte balance
Issue Date: 1-Jul-2019
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Citation: Winata, AS, Jen, WY, Teng, ML, Hing, WC, Iyer, SG, Ma, V, Chua, HR (2019-07-01). Intravenous maintenance fluid tonicity and hyponatremia after major surgery- a cohort study. International Journal of Surgery 67 : 1-7. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsu.2019.04.019
Abstract: © 2019 IJS Publishing Group Ltd Background: Intravenous maintenance fluid (IMF) tonicity and composition influence plasma electrolyte balance. Objective: To determine if hypotonic IMF therapy contributes to post-surgical hyponatremia. Setting: Single-center tertiary institution. Participants: Adults who underwent major surgery and received peri-surgical IMF, with exclusive administration of hypotonic pre-mixed 0.33% saline, 5% dextrose and potassium chloride (DK0.33%S), or isotonic 0.9% saline with or without 5% dextrose (NS/DNS). Outcomes and measures: We examined post-surgical hyponatremia, hypokalemia and acute kidney injury (AKI), associated with use of either IMF. Results: We studied 659 patients, of whom 161 patients (24%) developed post-surgical hyponatremia. DK0.33%S (versus NS/DNS) IMF was administered in 52% of patients who developed hyponatremia, compared to 38% of patients with stable natremia (p = 0.001). More patients with hyponatremia underwent gastrointestinal-hepatobiliary or abdominal (GI/HBS/Abd) surgery versus other surgical-sites (p = 0.001). Hypokalemia developed in 1% versus 10% of patients who received DK0.33%S and NS/DNS IMF respectively (p< 0.001), with corresponding AKI rates of 3% versus 7% (p = 0.02). On multivariate analysis, adjusted for timing of biochemistry post-surgery, IMF infusion rate and volume; independent factors associated with post-surgical hyponatremia included DK0.33%S administration, GI/HBS/Abd surgery (versus other sites), and post-surgical AKI (p < 0.05). Subgroup analysis by surgical sites showed that association of DK0.33%S administration with hyponatremia was most evident in GI/HBS/Abd surgery. Conclusions: Administration of DK0.33%S IMF, compared with NS/DNS, is associated with post-surgical hyponatremia in adults after major surgery, but with less hypokalemia. The higher rate of AKI observed with NS/DNS IMF requires further evaluation.
Source Title: International Journal of Surgery
URI: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/155322
ISSN: 1743-9191
1743-9159
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2019.04.019
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