Osmotic demyelination syndrome following rapid correction of hyponatraemia

Anaesthesia

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 92-95

  Snell, D M ^a   Bartley, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH TEES   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL DISEASE; ADRENAL HYPOPLASIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL PONTINE MYELINOLYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEMOFILTRATION; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MORTALITY; OSMOTIC DEMYELINATION SYNDROME; SEIZURE; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADULT; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; MALE; MYELINOLYSIS, CENTRAL PONTINE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; WATER INTOXICATION;

EID: 36849045208     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2007.05341.x     Document Type: Article

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