Postoperative hyponatremia despite near-isotonic saline infusion: A phenomenon of desalination

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 20-25

  Steele, Andrew ^a   Gowrishankar, Manjula ^a   Abrahamson, Simon ^a   Mazer, C David ^a   Feldman, Ross D ^a,b   Halperin, Mitchell L ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; CREATININE; ELECTROLYTE; GLUCOSE; ISOTONIC SOLUTION; POTASSIUM; RINGER LACTATE SOLUTION; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UREA;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESALINATION; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FLUID BALANCE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031033051     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-126-1-199701010-00003     Document Type: Article

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