Background: Although hyponatremia during hospitalization for acute decompensated heart failure
(ADHF) has been reported to relate with poor prognosis, limited data is available
regarding the impact of serum sodium level (sNa) within the low-normal range at admission
on clinical events in patients with ADHF. Methods: We studied eligible ADHF patients admitted to the cardiac intensive-care unit from
2007–2011. All patients were categorized into 3 groups according to the admission
sNa of <135 mmol/L (hyponatremia), ≥135 and <140 mmol/L (low-normal range), or ≥140 mmol/L
(normal range). Association between admission sNa and long-term clinical events including
all-cause deaths and/or ADHF re-hospitalizations, was assessed by multivariable Cox
proportional regression. Results: Among 584 eligible patients, 208 (35.6%) were identified as low-normal range, and
99 (16.9%) were hyponatremia. In the multivariable analysis, compared with those with
sNa ≥140 mmol/L, patients with hyponatremia had an increased risk for clinical events,
(hazard ratio [HR], 1.53; P=.041), whereas HR of those with low-normal range attenuated and was insignificant
(HR, 1.08; P=.625). However, HR of each category increased significantly with categories of sNa
decreased (P-value for trend, 0.024). In addition, when sNa was treated as a continuous
variable, the lower the sNa, the greater the risk of clinical events (P=.012). Conclusion: Low sNa on admission for ADHF, even within the low-normal range, can increase the
risk of long-term mortality and/or ADHF rehospitalization.
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