Mycoplasma pneumoniae‐associated encephalitis complicated by cerebral salt wasting syndrome

Cerebral salt wasting syndrome can occur in children with encephalitis. Clinicians should be aware of hyponatremia in patients who develop polyuria with the signs of dehydration and deteriorated consciousness. Furthermore, patients who present with status epilepticus or who are suspected to have hig...

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Autores principales: Lin, Ya‐Lan, Hung, Kun‐Long, Lo, Chiao‐Wei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5676292/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29152280
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1192
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Sumario:Cerebral salt wasting syndrome can occur in children with encephalitis. Clinicians should be aware of hyponatremia in patients who develop polyuria with the signs of dehydration and deteriorated consciousness. Furthermore, patients who present with status epilepticus or who are suspected to have high intracranial pressure may have an increased risk of cerebral salt wasting syndrome.

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