title: Implications of Hyponatremia in Liver Transplantation.
abstract: Although there are a limited number of quality studies, appropriate peri-operative management of serum electrolytes seems to reduce adverse outcomes in liver transplantation. Hyponatremia is defined as the presence of serum concentration of sodium equal ≤130 mmol/L and it is detected in approximately 20% of patients with end stage liver disease waiting for a liver transplant (LT). This paper will focus on the pathogenesis of dilutional hyponatremia and its significance in terms of both candidacy for LT and post-operative outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Community Health, Dalhousie University, 1276 South Park Street, Halifax, B3H 2Y9, NS, Canada. sertaccimen@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Sertac
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cimen
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Community Health, Dalhousie University, 1276 South Park Street, Halifax, B3H 2Y9, NS, Canada. gulersanem@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Sanem
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guler
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Community Health, Dalhousie University, 1276 South Park Street, Halifax, B3H 2Y9, NS, Canada. drsayloo@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Subhashini
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ayloo
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Community Health, Dalhousie University, 1276 South Park Street, Halifax, B3H 2Y9, NS, Canada. michele.molinari@cdha.nshealth.ca.
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Molinari
keywords: cirrhosis; hyponatremia; liver transplantation; sodium