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A Hot Body in a Cold Room Hyperthermia Secondary to Rapid Diuresis in Cardiac Failure; the Perils of Rapid Fluid Shifts

A 66-year-old man was admitted with anasarca and congestive cardiac failure. He was started on intravenous diuretics and fluid restriction and lost nearly 35 kg of fluids in 13 days. He then developed hyperthermia and delirium. An extensive workup was inconclusive. Analysis of his inpatient fluid ba...

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Autores principales: Maramattom, Boby Varkey, Joseph, Surya, Bhattacharjee, Siddharth, Kumar, Anil, Sreekumar, Praveen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6108293/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30186013
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijccm.IJCCM_179_18