Pattern of Electrolytes Imbalance in Patient with Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Asthma Attending in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Bangladesh

Serum Electrolyte in Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

“…According to the study done in Bangladesh, 45.4% patients had hyponatremia, 49.6% had normal level of sodium and 5% had hypernatremia, likewise, 41.2% patients had hypokalemia, 54.6% were in normal range and 4.2% had hyperkalemia. 11 The mean value of pH, PaCO 2 and PaO 2 are 7.34 ± 0.72, 46.64 ± 9.78 mm Hg and 69.38 ± 9.25 mm Hg respectively. The study done by Md Haroon ur Rashid showed similar finding of mean value of pH 7.35± 0.06 and mean value of PaCO2 47.52± 10.49 whereas the mean value of PaO2 was 58.44±8.20 mm Hg.…”

“…This finding is consistent with the study done in Bangladesh which showed the mean values of serum sodium and potassium were 133.9(±9.18)mEq/L and 3.6(±0.84) mmol/L respectively. 11 Minimum sodium level was 121mEq/L and maximum was 143mEq/L and for potassium minimum level was 2.5 mmol/L and maximum was 5.9 mmol/L. The finding of the study done by Md Haroon ur Rashid 12 revealed minimum level of Na + 118 mEq/L and maximum level 138 mEq/L and for K + , minimum level was 2.1 mEq/L and maximum level was 3.7 mEq/L.…”