Marathon related death due to brainstem herniation in rehydration-related hyponatraemia: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Petzold, Axel ^a   Keir, Geoffrey ^b   Appleby, Ian ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; FERRITIN; OXYHEMOGLOBIN; SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN STEM HERNIA; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLLAPSE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPONATREMIA; MALE; MARATHON RUNNER; NAUSEA; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PAPILLEDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REHYDRATION; RESPIRATORY ARREST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUNNING; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; THUNDERCLAP HEADACHE;

EID: 45149102652     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-1-186     Document Type: Article

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