Polydipsia and water intoxication in a long-term psychiatric hospital

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 28-34

  De Leon, Jose ^a   Dadvand, Mahmood ^b   Canuso, Carla ^b   Odom White, Aruby ^b   Stanilla, Joseph ^b   Simpson, George M ^b  

^a Medical College Hospitals   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chronic psychiatric inpatients; Epidemiology; Hyponatremia; Polydipsia; Schizophrenia; Water intoxication

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; LITHIUM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PHENYTOIN; SULFONYLUREA DERIVATIVE; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; POLYDIPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

EID: 0029997009     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(95)00353-3     Document Type: Article

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