Fatal child abuse by forced water intoxication

Pediatrics

Volumn 103, Issue 6 I, 1999, Pages 1292-1295

  Arieff, Allen I ^a,b   Kronlund, Barbara A ^c  

^a Univ of California Sch of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Office of the District Attorney   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain damage; Child abuse; Death; Forced water intoxication; Hyponatremia; Hyponatremic encephalopathy; Hypoxemia

Indexed keywords

VASOPRESSIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOXEMIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY ARREST; VASOPRESSIN BLOOD LEVEL; WATER INTOXICATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COERCION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; MALE; VOMITING; WATER INTOXICATION;

EID: 0033001455     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.103.6.1292     Document Type: Article

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