Survival Following Extreme Hypernatraemia Associated with Severe Dehydration and Undiagnosed Diabetes Mellitus

We report a case of a previously well 58-year-old man, who presented with delirium and low GCS, and was found to have extreme hypernatraemia (Na(+) = 191 mmol/L) and hyperglycaemia (glucose = 31 mmol/L). This resulted in a corrected serum sodium of 202 mmol/L. He was treated with fluid and electroly...

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Autores principales: Xiao, Hao, Barmanray, Rahul, Qian, Sarah, De Alwis, Dilantha, Fennessy, Gerard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6930779/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31915553
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/4174259

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6930779/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31915553
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/4174259

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