Fatal Hypernatremia in a Dog from Salt Ingestion

Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 113-117

  Khanna, Chand ^a,b   Boermans, Herman J ^a   Wilcock, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; DEXAMETHASONE 21-PHOSPHATE; DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; DIAZEPAM; DRUG DERIVATIVE; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BRAIN LEVEL; BREATHING; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; FATALITY; HEART RATE; HYPERNATREMIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORTALITY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NECROSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHLORIDES; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAZEPAM; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FATAL OUTCOME; HEART RATE; HYPERNATREMIA; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LIVER; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NECROSIS; RESPIRATION; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER-ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE;

EID: 0031090667     PISSN: 05872871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5326/15473317-33-2-113     Document Type: Article

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