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A compulsive act of excess water intake leading to hyponatraemia and rhabdomyolysis: a case report

BACKGROUND: Primary polydipsia is commonly seen in patients with psychiatric illnesses. Excess water intake is also seen in patient with anorexia and anticholinergic medications. We report a patient who had hyponatraemia and rhabdomyolysis after consuming excess water for ureteric calculus. CASE PRE...

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Autores principales: Fernando, Sudheera, Sivagnanam, Francisca, Rathish, Devarajan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6854615/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31726974
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12245-019-0255-6