Frequency of hyponatraemia in hepatic encephalopathy in chronic liver disease at mayo hospital,Lahore

Aim: to determine frequency of hyponatraemia in hepatic encephalopathy in chronic liver disease patients study design: cross sectional survey setting: all medical wards of mayo hospital,lahore for six months results: most of the patients were recorded between 41-50 years of age i.e.,83(33.2%) and 72(8.8%) were between 51-60 years,common age was recorded 44.56±3.63 years,172(68.8%) were male and 78(31.2%) were female,the frequency of hyponatraemia in hepatic encephalopathy in patients of chronic liver disease was revealed as 129(51.6%) while 121(48.4%) subjects had no findings of the hyponatraemia. conclusion: the frequency of hyponatraemia is higher among subjects having hepatic encephalopathy with chronic liver disease presenting in a tertiary care hospital. so it is recommended that every patient who present with hepatic encephalopathy,should be sort out for hyponatraemia. however,it is also required that every setup should have their surveillance in order to know the frequency of the problem.