Analysis of serum electrolytes profile of tuberculosis patients in a teaching hospital.

Abstract

Background:

Tuberculosis is a contagious chronic disease caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis troubling millions of people worldwide. Although primarily known impact on respiratory system, tuberculosis can lead to systemic effects including serum electrolytes imbalances.

Aims:

Objective is to analyze serum electrolytes profile of tuberculosis patients.

Patients and procedures:

The study is conducted on 169 patients of PTB in the department of pulmonology, Khyber teaching hospital, Peshawar from January 2011 to June 2017. The patients were going through antitubercular therapy. Demographics and laboratory tests were collected from the patient’s hospital profile and analysis was done through PSPP.Ink.

Results:

The mean age was 46.29±19.91 years and 51.5% of the patients were female. The mean serum sodium and potassium concentrations were 133.31±7.93 mmol/L and 3.93±0.87 mmol/L respectively. Hyponatremia and hypokalemia prevalence were 56.2% and 28.4% respectively. There was no significant correlation between variables with no significant value of p.

Conclusion:

There is decrease in the level of serum sodium and potassium concentrations in tuberculosis patients.