Recommendations for treatment of hyponatraemia at endurance events

Sports Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 231-238

  Hsieh, Margaret ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ATHLETE; COLLAPSE; DEHYDRATION; DRUG USE; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; FLUID INTAKE; FLUID RETENTION; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYPONATREMIA; MOBILIZATION; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PHYSICAL STRESS; REHYDRATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEATHER;

HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RISK FACTORS; SPORTS;

EID: 2042445081     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-200434040-00003     Document Type: Review

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