Severe hypernatremia from sea water ingestion during near-drowning in a hurricane

Western Journal of Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 430-433

  Ellis, Robert J ^a,b  

^a US Naval Hospital   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISASTER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; INHALATION; MALE; NEAR DROWNING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERNATREMIA; INHALATION; MALE; NATURAL DISASTERS; NEAR DROWNING; SEAWATER;

EID: 0031309736     PISSN: 00930415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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