Types of cancers with hyponatremia
In the malignant group, gastrointestinal cancers showed
the highest percentage (36.7%), followed by hematological
cancers (16.1%), genitourinary cancers (14.7%), lung
cancers (12.5%), head and neck cancers (8.8%), breast
cancers (5.1%), and endocrine, renal and soft tissue cancers
(5.7%) forming the remaining group [Figure 3].
The nonmalignant group of patients had different diseases
such as fractures, amputations, stroke, peripheral vascular
disease, renal failure, cardiac failure, and chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease.