| Autor: |
Santos-Soares, Paulo César, Bacellar, Aroldo, Povoas, Heitor Portella, Oliveira-Filho, Jamary, Filgueiras, Nivaldo Menezes, Brito, Alex Ferreira |
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Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria; Set2008, Vol. 66 Issue 3A, p552-553, 2p |
| Abstrakt: |
The article describes a case of hyponatremia associated with fast ingestion of large amounts of potable water causing severe neurological impairment. A 34-year-old male patient presented with sleepiness and a generalized tonic-clonic seizure. It notes that the initial approach to hyponatremia requires determination of plasmatic osmolality. The importance of a slow correction of sodium levels is stressed in order to avoid osmotic demyelination syndrome of the central nervous system. |
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