Hyponatremic brain edema: Correlation with serial computed tomography scans

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 442-443

  Dvir, Danny ^a   Beigel, Roy ^a   Hoffmann, Chen ^a,b   Tsarfati, Galia ^a,b   Farfel, Zvi ^a   Pauzner, Rachel ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brain edema; Computed tomography; Hyponatremia; Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor; Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; PAROXETINE; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPONATREMIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INAPPROPRIATE VASOPRESSIN SECRETION; NAUSEA; ORAL FLUID RESTRICTION; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; STUPOR; WATER DEPRIVATION;

AGED; BRAIN EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SODIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 69249216735     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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