Central pontine myelinolysis complicating treatment of the hyperglycaemic hyperosmolar state

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 440-443

  O'Malley, Grainne ^a,b   Moran, Carla ^a,b   Draman, Mohd Shazlie ^a,b   King, Tom ^a,b   Smith, Diarmuid ^a,b   Chris J Thompson, ^a,b   Agha, Amar ^a,b  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Medical School   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; INSULIN; METFORMIN; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL PONTINE MYELINOLYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DEHYDRATION; DIABETES CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; DROWSINESS; FEMALE; FLACCID PARALYSIS; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPEROSMOLALITY; HYPOTENSION; INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOBULBAR PALSY; QUADRIPLEGIA; SEDATION; SEPTIC SHOCK; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MYELINOLYSIS, CENTRAL PONTINE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SODIUM;

EID: 47749147682     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 00045632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/acb.2008.007171     Document Type: Article

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