Hypodipsic-hypernatremia syndrome in an adult with polycythemia: a case report
Background Hypernatremia is a very common electrolyte disorder and is frequently encountered in out-patient as well as in-hospital settings. We describe an adult who was found to have unexplained relative polycythemia and episodic hypernatremia.
Mogamat-Yazied Chothia +3 more
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Case Report: Severe Hypernatremia From Ingestion of One's Own Urine
An often unrecognized cause of hypernatremia is the ingestion of fluids or substances with high osmolality. We hereby report a case of severe hypernatremia with acute kidney injury in a severely debilitated patient with acute gouty arthritis who resorted
Waye Hann Kang +3 more
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Efferent Pathways in Sodium Overload-Induced Renal Vasodilation in Rats [PDF]
Hypernatremia stimulates the secretion of oxytocin (OT), but the physiological role of OT remains unclear. the present study sought to determine the involvement of OT and renal nerves in the renal responses to an intravenous infusion of hypertonic saline.
Amaral, Nathalia O. +16 more
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Risk predictive role of hypernatremia for occurrence of sepsis-induced acute kidney injury.
BACKGROUND Septic acute kidney injury (AKI), identified when sepsis and AKI present concurrently, is a syndrome of acute function impairment and organ damage, which accounts for ~50% AKI in the intensive care unit (ICU).
D. Zhi +7 more
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Electromyographic and histological features of postpartum hypernatremic rhabdomyolysis
Introduction: Rhabdomyolysis results from many causes including hypernatremia. Postpartum hypernatremia with osmotic cerebral demyelination is a rare cause of reversible rhabdomyolysis.
Karkal Ravishankar Naik +2 more
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Efficacy and safety of rapid intermittent bolus compared with slow continuous infusion in patients with severe hypernatremia (SALSA II trial): a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial [PDF]
Background Hypernatremia is a common electrolyte disorder in children and elderly people and has high short-term mortality. However, no high-quality studies have examined the correction rate of hypernatremia and the amount of fluid required for ...
Ji Young Ryu +9 more
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Is Admission Serum Sodium Concentration a Clinical Predictor for the Outcome of Therapy in Critically Ill Poisoned Patients? [PDF]
BACKGROUND Disorders of serum sodium concentration are some of the most electrolyte abnormalities in the intensive care unit (ICU) patients. These disorders adversely affect the function of vital organs and are associated with increased hospital ...
Eizadi-Mood, Nastaran. +6 more
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Background Hypernatremia is known to have high mortality and morbidity in patients with neurological disorders. However, in most studies, it is not clear whether hypernatremia associated with brain death has been excluded.
Sritam S. Jena +4 more
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O perfil de potenciais doadores de órgãos e tecidos [PDF]
This study aimed to characterize donors according to gender, age group, cause of brain death; quantify donors with hypernatremia, hyperpotassemia and hypopotassemia; and get to know which organs were the most used in transplantations.
GUARINO, Aparecida de Jesus +5 more
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This is the first description of a patient in which adipsic hypernatremia, a rare autoimmune encephalitis, presented in combination with complex psychiatric symptomatology, including psychosis and catatonia.
Matthias Liebrand +13 more
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