The approach to a patient with acute polyuria and hypernatremia: A need for the physiology of McCance at the bedside

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 103-110

  Davids, Mogamat Razeen ^a   Edoute, Yeouda ^b   Halperin, Mitchell L ^c  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antidiuretic hormone; Hyponatremia; Neurosurgery; Sodium; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Tonicity balance; Vasopressin; Water

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; DEXAMETHASONE; VASOPRESSIN;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FLUID BALANCE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; NAUSEA; NEUROSURGERY; POLYURIA; SHORT SURVEY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; URINE FLOW RATE; URINE OSMOLALITY; VOMITING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERNATREMIA; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; POLYURIA; URINATION; VASOPRESSINS; WATER-ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE;

EID: 0035126703     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-2977(01)00078-X     Document Type: Article

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