Osmotic myelinolysis syndrome after treatment of severe deamino arginine vasopressin-associated hyponatraemia: Pitfalls in emergency medicine

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 68-70

  Gutenstein, Marc ^a  

^a NORTH DEVON DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central pontine; Deamino arginine vasopressin; Hyponatraemia; Myelinolysis

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN[1 DEAMINO];

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL PONTINE MYELINOLYSIS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; DEAMINO ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; MYELINOLYSIS, CENTRAL PONTINE; OSMOSIS; SODIUM; SYNDROME;

EID: 33846786936     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2007.00931.x     Document Type: Article

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