Journal Reviews

Close monitoring of patients for delayed hyponatremia post-transsphenoidal surgery

1 March 2018 | | Delayed hyponatremia, Hospital readmissions, Pituitary tumor, Transsphenoidal surgery, Universal sodium screening

he incidence of delayed hyponatremia is 16-28% and usually accounts for unplanned readmission of the patient within 30 days after transsphenoidal surgery. One of the surrogate measures of quality of care adopted by the government and regulatory agencies is 30-day...