An unforgotten cause of acute hyponatremia: Water intoxication due to oxytocin administration in a pregnant woman [1]

Nephron

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 342-343

  Wang, Jenn Yeu ^a,d   Lin, Shih Hua ^b   Lin, Yuh Feng ^b   Chen, Hui Yen ^c   Yu, Fu Chiu ^b   Fu, Mao Tsu ^b  

^a Taipei Municipal Chung Hsiao Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; GLUCOSE; OXYTOCIN; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIURESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; INDUCED ABORTION; INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION; LETTER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; WATER INTOXICATION;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; WATER INTOXICATION;

EID: 0033668352     PISSN: 00282766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

References (5)

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2. The hyponatremic patient: Practical focus on therapy
3. Recommendations for treatment of symptomatic hyponatremia
4. Oxytocin, salting out, and water intoxication
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