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Hyponatremia and brain injury: absence of alterations of serum brain natriuretic peptide and vasopressin

Hiponatremia e traumatismo cranioencefálico: ausência de alteração sanguínea do peptídeo natriurético cerebral e hormônio antidiurético

Abstracts

OBJECTIVE: To study any possible relation between hyponatremia following brain injury and the presence of cerebral salt-wasting syndrome (CSWS) or the syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone (SIADH), and if vasopressin, brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and aldosterone have a role in its mechanism. METHOD: Patients with brain injury admitted to the intensive care unit were included and had their BNP, aldosterone and vasopressin levels dosed on day 7. RESULTS: Twenty six adult patients were included in the study. Nine (34.6%) had hyponatremia and presented with a negative water balance and higher values of urinary sodium, serum potassium and diuresis than patients with normonatremia. The serum levels of BNP, aldosterone, and vasopressin were normal and no relation was observed between plasma sodium and BNP, aldosterone or vasopressin. CONCLUSION: The most likely cause of hyponatremia was CSWS and there was no correlation between BNP, aldosterone and vasopressin with serum sodium level.

hyponatremia; brain injury; natriuretic peptide; aldosterone; vasopressin


OBJETIVO: Estudar a possível relação entre a hiponatremia seguindo traumatismo cranioencefálico e a presença da síndrome cerebral perdedora de sal (SCPS) ou a síndrome da secreção inapropriada do hormônio antidiurético (SSIHAD), e se a vasopressina, peptídeo natriurético cerebral (BNP) e aldosterona têm um papel nesse mecanismo. MÉTODO: Foram incluídos pacientes com traumatismo cranioencefálico admitidos na unidade de terapia intensiva e foram dosados no sétimo dia seguindo o trauma, BNP, aldosterona e vasopressina. RESULTADOS: Vinte e seis pacientes foram incluídos no estudo. Nove (34,6%) tiveram hiponatremia e apresentaram um balanço hídrico mais negativo e altos valores de sódio urinário, potássio sérico e diurese quando comparados com o grupo que apresentou normonatremia. Os níveis séricos de BNP, aldosterona e vasopressina foram normais e não foi observada relação entre o sódio sérico e BNP, aldosterona e vasopressina. CONCLUSÃO: A causa mais provável da hiponatremia foi a SCPS e não houve correlação entre BNP, aldosterona e vasopressina com o nível sérico de sódio.

hiponatremia; traumatismo cranioencefálico; peptídeo natriurético; aldosterona; vasopressina


ARTICLE

Hyponatremia and brain injury: absence of alterations of serum brain natriuretic peptide and vasopressin

Hiponatremia e traumatismo cranioencefálico: ausência de alteração sanguínea do peptídeo natriurético cerebral e hormônio antidiurético

Karina Nascimento CostaI; Helen Mayumi NakamuraII; Leonardo Rodrigues da CruzII; Lucas Sampaio Valente Fernandes de MirandaII; Rubens Carneiro dos Santos-NetoII; Susyanne de Lavor CosmeII; Luiz Augusto CasulariIII

IIntensive Care Unit of the Hospital de Base do Distrito Federal, Brasília DF - Brazil: Doctor, Intensive Care Unit of the Hospital de Base do Distrito Federal, Brasilia DF, Brazil

IIIntensive Care Unit of the Hospital de Base do Distrito Federal, Brasília DF - Brazil: Student, Escola Superior em Ciências da Saúde, Brasília DF, Brazil

IIIIntensive Care Unit of the Hospital de Base do Distrito Federal, Brasília DF - Brazil: Professor, Division of Endocrinology, University of Brasília, Brasília DF, Brazil

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: To study any possible relation between hyponatremia following brain injury and the presence of cerebral salt-wasting syndrome (CSWS) or the syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone (SIADH), and if vasopressin, brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and aldosterone have a role in its mechanism.

METHOD: Patients with brain injury admitted to the intensive care unit were included and had their BNP, aldosterone and vasopressin levels dosed on day 7.

RESULTS: Twenty six adult patients were included in the study. Nine (34.6%) had hyponatremia and presented with a negative water balance and higher values of urinary sodium, serum potassium and diuresis than patients with normonatremia. The serum levels of BNP, aldosterone, and vasopressin were normal and no relation was observed between plasma sodium and BNP, aldosterone or vasopressin.

CONCLUSION: The most likely cause of hyponatremia was CSWS and there was no correlation between BNP, aldosterone and vasopressin with serum sodium level.

Key words: hyponatremia, brain injury, natriuretic peptide, aldosterone, vasopressin.

RESUMO

OBJETIVO: Estudar a possível relação entre a hiponatremia seguindo traumatismo cranioencefálico e a presença da síndrome cerebral perdedora de sal (SCPS) ou a síndrome da secreção inapropriada do hormônio antidiurético (SSIHAD), e se a vasopressina, peptídeo natriurético cerebral (BNP) e aldosterona têm um papel nesse mecanismo.

MÉTODO: Foram incluídos pacientes com traumatismo cranioencefálico admitidos na unidade de terapia intensiva e foram dosados no sétimo dia seguindo o trauma, BNP, aldosterona e vasopressina.

RESULTADOS: Vinte e seis pacientes foram incluídos no estudo. Nove (34,6%) tiveram hiponatremia e apresentaram um balanço hídrico mais negativo e altos valores de sódio urinário, potássio sérico e diurese quando comparados com o grupo que apresentou normonatremia. Os níveis séricos de BNP, aldosterona e vasopressina foram normais e não foi observada relação entre o sódio sérico e BNP, aldosterona e vasopressina.

CONCLUSÃO: A causa mais provável da hiponatremia foi a SCPS e não houve correlação entre BNP, aldosterona e vasopressina com o nível sérico de sódio.

Palavras-chave: hiponatremia, traumatismo cranioencefálico, peptídeo natriurético, aldosterona, vasopressina.

Hyponatremia is common in patients with brain injury and it is associated with high morbidity and mortality rates1. Its physiopathology is not well described, but the cerebral salt-wasting syndrome (CSWS)2 and the syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone (SIADH)3 have been considered causes of this disturbance. CSWS is the renal loss of sodium during intracranial illness, leading to hyponatremia, decrease of extracellular volume and dehydration4. Brain (BNP) and atrial (ANP) natriuretic peptides can be involved in the reduction of aldosterone and, thus, the renal loss of sodium5. SIADH is marked by the excess of vasopressin production, which causes water retention, accumulation of water in extracellular liquid and, as a consequence, dilution hyponatremia. We have previously published a detailed discussion of the differential diagnosis between the two syndromes1.

The mechanisms involved in its pathophysiology are not known6,7.

The objective of this work is to study the presence of SIADH or CSWS in hyponatremia following brain injury and if vasopressin, BNP and aldosterone are related to the lower sodium.

METHOD

This was an observational, analytical and prospective study involving patients with brain injury admitted to the Trauma Intensive Care Unit of the Hospital de Base do Distrito Federal in Brazil (HBDF), from December 2004 to July 2005.

The project was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the State Health Department of the Federal District Government (Project number 171/2004). A legal representative of the patients signed the informed consent for their participation in the study.

Subjects with brain injuries who scored lower than 9 points at the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) were included8.

Patients were excluded when with cardiopathy (heart failure, congenital cardiopathy), acute or chronic renal failure, clinical signs of brain death upon admission, admission to the Trauma Intensive Care unit after more than one day of the trauma event, received glucocorticoid and diuretics during the study period, stayed in the Trauma Intensive Care Unit for less than 10 days and remained in the emergency room, because these patients did not have conditions of proper supervision, thus compromising the sampling of the research data.

Delineation of the research

The patients included in the study were evaluated according to age, sex, weight, cause of brain and associated injuries, the GCS upon admission, and the brain CT scan findings upon hospital admission.

For the ten days following the trauma, the serum sodium and potassium, hematocrit, and urinary sodium were assessed daily. Serum uric acid and osmolality were determined on days 1st, 5th, 7th, and 10th following the trauma. Serum BNP, aldosterone, and vasopressin were assessed on the seventh day. That day was chosen because CSWS more frequently occurs at this period1. Urinary debit and water balance control was performed every 12 hours.

The hemodynamic monitoring included non-invasive measurement of blood pressure and cardiac frequency, using DIXTAL-DX 2710 monitor. The normal values for patients above 18 years old are: systolic blood pressure <130 mmHg and diastolic blood pressure <85 mmHg; cardiac frequency between 60 and 100 bpm9.

The daily amount of sodium supplied, in mEq/day, included the offer of sodium from both venous hydration and diet. Patients with hyponatremia were treated with increased daily infusion of intravenous sodium with physiological 0.9% saline or sodium chloride at 20%. Volume replacement, whenever indicated, was done with either crystalloid (physiological solution at 0.9%, Ringer or Ringer lactate) or colloid (albumin at 20%).

Blood samples were collected between 7 and 9 am, centrifuged at 3000 rpm for 10 minutes and the serum stored at -20ºC until assayed. For the dosages of BNP whole blood was drawn in a cooled syringe and in a frozen blood collecting tube with EDTA (ethylene-diamine-tetra-acetic acid) and kept on ice until submitted to centrifugation; the chemoluminescence method was used, with the kit - BNP DVIA Centaur® (Bayer Diagnostics Corporation, Tarrytown, NY, USA); to measure aldosterone whole blood was drawn without anticoagulant and radioimmunoassay method was used, with the kit - COAT-A-COAT® Aldosterone (DPC Diagnostic Products Corporation, Los Angeles, CA, USA); as to vasopressin measurements, whole blood was drawn on blood collecting tube containing EDTA and radioimmunoassay was applied with the kit - VASOPRESSIN125 I (INCSTAR Corporation - Stillwater, Minnesota, USA). Serum osmolality was assessed by Advanced Digimatic Osmometer model 3D2 (Advanced Instruments, Inc.).

Statistical analysis

Multiple linear regression model was used to study the relationship between plasma sodium and the variables BNP, aldosterone, vasopressin, diuresis, osmolality, sodium and urinary sodium levels on the seventh day of study.

The analysis of longitudinal data detailed the behavior of the variables urinary and plasma sodium, diuresis, and sodium level during the ten days of study in the two groups (hyponatremia and normonatremia). For that study, a model of mixed effects linear regression was used.

Pearson's coefficient of linear correlation was applied to verify the correlation between the variables BNP and aldosterone, plasma sodium and urinary sodium on the seventh day of study. Student's t test was used to compare variables between normonatremia and hyponatremia groups. A level of significance of p<0.05 was considered. The results are presented as average ± standard deviation for all studied variables. The software used was SAS version 9.1.

RESULTS

During the study, 59 patients with severe brain injury were admitted to the intensive care unit, but 33 patients were excluded for the following reasons: admission to the unit with more than one day of trauma (16), death with less than 10 days of study (7), medical discharge from the unity in less than 10 days (3), brain death with less than 10 (5), acute renal failure (1) and previous cardiopathy (1). Twenty-six patients were then included in the study.

As presented on Table 1, most patients were young adults (18 to 54 years old), males and the most frequent causes of brain injury were car crash and being run over.

The most frequent injuries observed in the brain CT scan were brain swelling in 17 patients (65.3%), intracranial bleeds in 13 (50%), and brain contusion in 8 (30.7%).

The associated injuries were bone fracture in 11 patients (42.3%), pulmonary contusion in 3 (11.5%), hemothorax and pneumothorax each in 2 subjects (7.7%), liver injury, urethra injury, spinal trauma and nasal trauma, one case each (3.8%). Three deaths occurred (11.5%) and the causes were sepsis in two patients and brain death in one.

Six surgical procedures were performed (in parentheses the number of procedures): craniotomy for extradural hematoma draining (3), decompressive craniotomy (1), correction of open fracture (1), and amputation of right inferior limb (1).

The hemodynamic parameters in the seventh day following the trauma are presented on Table 2. Cardiac frequency and maximum systolic and diastolic blood pressure above normal limits in all cases. The patients in the hyponatremia group showed systolic blood pressure lower than the normonatremia group (p<0.05). The hyponatremics, when compared with the normonatremia group, also showed higher serum potassium (p<0.01), higher diuresis (p=0.01) and negative water balance (p<0.01) on days 6 and 7 following the trauma (Table 3).

Laboratory variable analysis

Hyponatremia (sodium < 130 mEq/L) was detected in 9 (34.6%) patients, totaling 20 episodes. It occurred between the second and the tenth day of trauma, more frequently on the 6th (four patients) and the 7th (five patients). Plasma sodium values lower than 125 mEq/L were observed in three patients between days 5 and 9 following the trauma.

The values of serum uric acid and osmolality were normal, but hematocrit values on day 7 following the trauma were below normal (Table 3).

The values of BNP, aldosterone, vasopressin, plasma and urinary sodium, on the seventh day of study, were normal (Table 3).

Through multiple linear regression, a positive and significant relation was observed (p=0.01) between the offer of sodium and plasma sodium, that is, for each one unit increase of sodium offered there was an addition of 0.011 units in the average plasma sodium. Serum osmolality also showed a positive and significant correlation with plasma sodium (p<0.01), and each increase of a unit of osmolality led to an addition of 0.45 units in the average plasma sodium. No relation was observed between plasma sodium and BNP, aldosterone, vasopressin, and diuresis or between urinary sodium.

We did not observe a correlation between BNP and the following variables: aldosterone, plasma sodium and urinary sodium using Pearson's linear correlation.

We observed that, with regard to the behavior of plasma sodium throughout the 10 days of study, patients from the hyponatremia group showed a decreasing linear trend whereas the normonatremia group tended towards a constant behavior, as presented on Fig 1.


Figure 2 shows that there was basically no difference between the two groups in the behavior of diuresis that is, the values tended to increase at first and to fall towards the end. However, average urinary volume in the hyponatremia group was clearly superior to the average values of the normonatremia group.


As for urinary sodium (Fig 3), the hyponatremia group averaged 177.2 mEq/L in the first day, whereas the patients with normonatremia presented 127.7 mEq/L, a statistically significant difference (p<0.05). The behavior of the two groups practically did not differ, but the hyponatremia group showed higher values compared to the normonatremics.


The hyponatremic group showed a sodium average level slightly superior to the group with normonatremia throughout the 10 days, but that was not statistically significant (p=0.86). It was also observed that the values of this variable remained constant throughout the whole period of evaluation at both groups.

DISCUSSION

This study demonstrated that patients with severe brain injury who showed hyponatremia had superior values of diuresis and natriuresis when compared to the normonatremia group, despite showing similar evolution of these variables throughout the 10 days of study. To our knowledge, this is the first time that the behavior of natriuresis and diuresis in patients who have suffered brain injury is detailed described.

Individuals that received an increased amount of sodium also presented this response, with renal excretion of sodium rising for 4 to 5 days before matching the offer10. It is possible that the behavior of natriuresis was a consequence to the high amount of sodium supplied for the patients in this study, a measure to prevent hyperglycemia, which can itself worsen the prognosis of patients with brain injury11.

Diuresis had similar evolution in the two groups, that is, it tended to grow initially and to fall towards the end. Natriuresis started with high values, remained high and later fell, especially in the hyponatremia group. This behavior was also described by other authors12. It can be explained because the reabsorption of water is linked to the reuptake of sodium. Thus, more reabsorption of sodium raises that of water in the proximal tubule, hence increasing urinary volume7.

We also observed hyponatremia (sodium <130 mEq/L), in 9 (34.6%) patients. Hyponatremia following brain injury is frequent13 and in this study it occurred between the second and the tenth day of trauma, more frequently on the sixth and seventh days as observed by other authors14.

The nine hyponatremic patients had the CSWS as a probable etiology because of brain injury, natriuresis and hyponatremia7. They showed higher urinary sodium and volume, and a negative average water balance when hyponatremia occurred. The loss of water and natriuresis suggest a reduction on extracellular volume and, thus, CSWS15. However, these patients did not present clinical findings of dehydration, and that was not found by other authors either16, probably because of water balance control and replacement of losses. The sodium balance averaged positive in all patients of the group and can be explained by the higher offer of sodium received17.

Hyponatremia following severe brain injury has been associated with high levels of BNP and ANP18. The increase of these peptides must be a result of intracranial and subarachnoid hemorrhages and brain swelling18. However, despite the fact that the majority of our patients have showed these injuries, an increase of BNP on the seventh day after severe brain injury was not observed. It is possible that a single dosage during the 10 days did not reflect the previously described evolution of a gradual increase in the concentration of BNP found on victims of severe brain injury19.

Two other possibilities can justify the lack of increase of BNP. The first one would be that the offer of liquid and sodium was not enough to stimulate its secretion. Patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage who receive increased offer of liquid and sodium to prevent vasospasm18 showed greater release of natriuretic peptides. Although our patients showed positive water balance of 394.1±1,937.1 mL/day, they did not receive such a high daily offer of liquids.

The second possibility would be that our patients were submitted to mechanical ventilation whose level of positive end-expiratory pressure led to higher transpulmonary cardiac pressure, compromising atrial distension and, thereafter, the release of ANP20. Such mechanism would be applied to BNP for the impairment of the cardiac ventricles distension21.

Besides the fact we did not observe an increase in the levels of BNP, it also did not correlate with the levels of sodium serum, and therefore did not correlate with CSWS. This data is in accordance with other authors who have also been unable to find an association between levels of BNP or ANP and the presence of CSWS22.

We observed that the urinary sodium concentration was high, an average of 137.2±6.7 mEq/L, and this could lead to the generation of electrolyte-free water23. Thus the possible cause of hyponatremia presented in our patients could be the free water generated by the kidneys, caused by the excretion of hypertonic urine, the so-called desalination process. This water then would be incorporated into the intravascular volume, leading, thereafter, to hyponatremia. The antidiuretic hormone would be necessary for such incorporation.

All patients showed cardiac frequency, maximum systolic and diastolic blood pressure above normal limits (Table 2). The brain injury is associated with these alterations because it increases activity of the sympathetic nervous system, thus elevating noradrenaline and dopamine levels24. Dopamine acts directly impairing the absorption of NaCl and water in renal tubule, more precisely inhibiting the Na+-K+-ATPase, with its effect mediated by the D1 receptor25. The renal production of dopamine increases with a sodium-rich diet. Although our patients did not have the levels of dopamine measured, there is a possibility that they could have shown increased levels of dopamine caused by brain injury and by the increased amounts of sodium, leading to renal vasodilatation by the kidney and, as a consequence, natriuresis26.

Moreover, the patients received an increased infusion of sodium, which can also raise tensional levels and cardiac frequency. It is also possible that the observed increase in blood pressure in the present study could have contributed for the increase of natriuresis. In an experimental work, it was demonstrated that an increase in blood pressure leads to pressure natriuresis and diuresis, without, however, leading to changes in renal blood flow or the rate of glomerular filtration27. Natriuresis occurs due to decreased reabsorption of sodium in the proximal tubule, through the internalization by endocytosis of Na+-H+ contra transporters from apical membrane and from Na+-K+-ATPase sodium pumps from basolateral membrane of the proximal tubule27. It was suggested that in CSWS this process of pressure natriuresis, together with BNP or other existing natriuretic agents, can lead to the increase of urinary sodium concentration22.

It is worth mentioning that the patients with hyponatremia showed lower values of systolic blood pressure when compared with the normonatremia group. This fact could have occurred due to the negative water balance, which could also explain the higher potassium levels observed in those cases.

Our patients showed severe brain injury that could have led to injuries of the pituitary with consequent reduction of growth hormone levels. This hormone activates the renin-aldosterone system in children with low stature28, thus showing an anti-natriuretic function. The possible growth hormone deficiency could have lead to changes in the renin-aldosterone system, eventualy resulting in natriuresis, increased diuresis and hyponatremia.

The levels of uric acid were lower than 3 mg/dL, a value that can be considered as hypouricemia10. A possible explanation for the reduction of uric acid reabsorption is the fact that this, along with sodium, is reabsorbed proximally in the nephron, and because the reabsorption of the latter is altered, uric acid would be more excreted15.

The average hematocrit was below normal because our patients are trauma victims29. The increased level of sodium and positive water balance can also have contributed for that finding7.

Considering that the patients of this study showed normal average values of osmolality and that the values of vasopressin were normal, we can conclude that the patients did not show SIADH. The same result was observed by Moro et al.7.

Plasma sodium showed a positive and significant relation with osmolality and offer of sodium. The positive correlation of these two variables is justified by the fact that sodium, along with glucose and urea, contributes for the osmolality value30.

In conclusion, hyponatremia was more frequent in the sixth and seventh day after trauma and it was most likely caused by CSWS. The group that presented hyponatremia had higher values of natriuresis and diuresis that could have been caused by pressure natriuresis and desalination. There was no correlation between brain natriuretic peptide, aldosterone and vasopressin with serum sodium level.

Received 1 April 2009, received in final form 21 July 2009. Accepted 5 August 2009.

This research received support from the Fundação de Apoio à Pesquisa do Distrito Federal, with resources from the Programa de Apoio a Jovens Pesquisadores - Programa Primeiros Projetos (Process number 193000192/2004).

Dra. Karina Nascimento Costa - SQSW 100 / Bloco B / Apto. 603 / Sudoeste - 70670-012 Brasília DF - Brasil. E-mail: knc@terra.com.br

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Publication Dates

  • Publication in this collection
    16 Dec 2009
  • Date of issue
    Dec 2009

History

  • Accepted
    05 Aug 2009
  • Reviewed
    21 July 2009
  • Received
    01 Apr 2009
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