A Case of Hypernatremia With Dementia

The authors report a case of hypernatremia in a patient with a history of dementia. This case highlights the challenges and scope of taking care of such patients. It also highlights the hardships in diagnosing and caring for patients with inadequate documentation of past diagnoses and treatments.

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Autores principales: Desai, Drashti, Pati, Shefali, Evangelista, Ma. Carla Angela
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
Materias:
Nephrology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10299756/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37384102
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39603
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spelling pubmed-102997562023-06-28 A Case of Hypernatremia With Dementia Desai, Drashti Pati, Shefali Evangelista, Ma. Carla Angela Cureus Nephrology The authors report a case of hypernatremia in a patient with a history of dementia. This case highlights the challenges and scope of taking care of such patients. It also highlights the hardships in diagnosing and caring for patients with inadequate documentation of past diagnoses and treatments. Cureus 2023-05-28 /pmc/articles/PMC10299756/ /pubmed/37384102 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39603 Text en Copyright © 2023, Desai et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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