Fatal iatrogenic hyponatraemia [5]

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 646-647

  Playfor, S ^a  

^a ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFUSION FLUID; SODIUM; VASOPRESSIN; HYPOTONIC SOLUTION;

CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; FATALITY; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LETTER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VOMITING; ACUTE DISEASE; INFANT; INFANTILE DIARRHEA;

ACUTE DISEASE; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOTONIC SOLUTIONS; INFANT;

EID: 0038168661     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.88.7.646     Document Type: Letter

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