Dysnatremias: Why are patients still dying?

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 353-362

  Achinger, Steven G ^b   Moritz, Michael L ^b   Ayus, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Cerebral demyelination; Cerebral edema; Hypernatremia; Hypertonic saline; Hyponatremia

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); DEMECLOCYCLINE; DESMOPRESSIN; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; PETHIDINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM ION; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; UREA; VASOPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; VASOPRESSIN V2 RECEPTOR; WATER;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMYELINATION; DIURETIC THERAPY; FLUID BALANCE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPONATREMIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK FACTOR; URINE OSMOLALITY;

AMBULATORY CARE; BRAIN DISEASES, METABOLIC; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPONATREMIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 33646475567     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000209351.55330.76     Document Type: Article

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