Inadvertent hyponatremia leading to acute cerebral edema and early evidence of herniation

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 195-199

  Carpenter, Jessica ^a   Weinstein, Steve ^a   Myseros, John ^a   Vezina, Gilbert ^a   Bell, Michael J ^a  

^a CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral edema; Child; Hypertonic saline; Hyponatremia; Hyponatremic encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HERNIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; LABORATORY TEST; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; ACUTE DISEASE; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CHILD; ENCEPHALOCELE; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; RADIOGRAPHY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CHILD; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34948858057     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-007-0032-x     Document Type: Article

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