Recurrent escitalopram-induced hyponatremia in an elderly woman with dementia with Lewy bodies

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 101.e5-101.e7

  Tsai, Po Hsin ^a   Chen, Hsi Chung ^a   Liao, Shih Cheng ^a   Tseng, Mei Chih Meg ^a   Lee, Ming Been ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dementia; Escitalopram; Hyponatremia; Inappropriate ADH syndrome; Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors

Indexed keywords

BETHANECHOL; CARBIDOPA PLUS LEVODOPA; CEFAZOLIN; ESCITALOPRAM; QUETIAPINE; TAMSULOSIN; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELIRIUM; DELUSION; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPHORIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; INAPPROPRIATE VASOPRESSIN SECRETION; LEUKOARAIOSIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEMORY DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PARKINSONISM; PYURIA; SENILE CATARACT; SLEEP DISORDER; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 84855348858     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2011.06.007     Document Type: Article

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