A lethal complication of psychogenic polydipsia: Cerebral edema and herniation [5]

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 644-645

  Lightenberg, J J M ^a   Wymenga, A N M ^a   Tulleken, J E ^a   Van der Werf, T S ^a   Zijlstra, J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANNITOL;

ADULT; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HERNIA; CASE REPORT; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; FATALITY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG EDEMA; POLYDIPSIA; PSYCHOGENESIS; WATER INTOXICATION;

EID: 0031879878     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001340050634     Document Type: Letter

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