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British Journal of Anaesthesia, 1991 A reduction in the serum concentration of sodium is one of the commonest biochemical abnormalities in hospital inpatients. In most cases it should be regarded as an incidental finding which will be corrected with treatment of the underlying condition. In certain situations, however, it can produce severe life-threatening neurological disease.
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Addiction, EarlyView.Abstract Aims To determine: (1) Population rates of fatal methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)‐related poisoning over the period 2016–2023, years with high closure rates in the National Coronial Information System (NDIS); (2) the case characteristics of known cases of fatal MDMA‐related poisoning, 2016–2025; and (3) whether there have been changes in ...
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Diagnosis and management of hyponatraemia: AGREEing the guidelines [PDF]
, 2015 Hyponatraemia is a common electrolyte disorder associated with significant complications and controversies regarding its optimal management. Clinical practice guidelines and consensus statements have attempted to provide clinicians with evidence-based ...
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Rhabdomyolysis and polydipsic hyponatraemia [PDF]
Emergency Medicine Journal, 2001 This case report provides evidence that patients with severe hyponatraemia associated with psychogenic polydipsia should have CK concentrations monitored to detect rhabdomyolysis, even in the absence of other recognised causes of muscle injury. More importantly in the emergency department, hyponatraemia induced cerebral dysfunction should be considered
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Journal of Global Health Economics and Policy# Background Hyponatraemia is a common electrolyte abnormality seen in medical admissions. To date, there is no hospital-wide local study on hyponatraemia across the young, middle and older age groups.
Jing Wen Wong +3 more
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Outcomes in medical admissions with hyponatraemia in Ghana – a single-centre study
African Journal of Nephrology, 2019 Introduction: Hyponatraemia is the most common electrolyte abnormality in hospitalized patients and is associated with poor prognosis and high mortality. There is a paucity of data on hyponatraemia in Ghana.
Elliot Koranteng Tannor +2 more
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Central pontine myelinolysis: not just a low sodium issue
African Journal of Nephrology, 2020 Osmotic demyelination syndrome is a rare complication following treatment of chronic hyponatraemia. We describe a case of a middle-aged man known with hypertension and hypothyroidism who presented with a reduced level of consciousness and a generalised ...
Gideon Titus +3 more
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Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2021 Objective: To assess the efficacy and safety of oral sodium chloride (Slow Sodium®) as hyponatraemia prophylaxis in patients with World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) Grade 1 and Grade 2 aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (aSAH).
Stavros Constantinou +5 more
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Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.Abstract Topic This systematic review and meta‐analysis evaluated the association between retinal vein occlusion (RVO) and lymphoma across two complementary evidence components: a qualitative clinical synthesis of RVO occurring in patients with lymphoma and a quantitative synthesis of subsequent cancer outcomes in patients with RVO. For the qualitative
Kai‐Yang Chen +2 more
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Differential diagnosis of hyponatraemia
, 2012 The appropriate management of hyponatraemia is reliant on the accurate identification of the underlying cause of the hyponatraemia. In the light of evidence which has shown that the use of a clinical algorithm appears to improve accuracy in the ...
Johannsson, Gudmundur, +4 more
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