Maternal water intoxication as a cause of neonatal seizures

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 709-710

  West, C R ^a   Harding, J E ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Convulsions; Hyponatraemia; Infant

Indexed keywords

PHENOBARBITAL; SODIUM;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; LABOR; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; OXYGEN BREATHING; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; WATER INTOXICATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SEIZURES; SODIUM; WATER INTOXICATION; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 10644272533     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2004.00516.x     Document Type: Article

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