Extremely Severe Hypernatremia Caused by Wrong Belief in a Patient with Cervical Cancer

A 56-year old female patient who was undergoing follow-up for cervical cancer in our oncology center was presented to the emergency center with anxiety and excessive thirst. The initial serum sodium level of the patient exceeded 200mEq/L, rising up to 238mEq/L during hospitalization. The extremely s...

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Autores principales: Park, Myeong Su, Park, Hyuk Jin, Choi, Hong Sang, Kim, Chang Seong, Bae, Eun Hui, Ma, Seong Kwon, Kim, Soo Wan, Kim, Minah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Electrolyte Metabolism 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7327387/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32655652
http://dx.doi.org/10.5049/EBP.2020.18.1.16
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Sumario:A 56-year old female patient who was undergoing follow-up for cervical cancer in our oncology center was presented to the emergency center with anxiety and excessive thirst. The initial serum sodium level of the patient exceeded 200mEq/L, rising up to 238mEq/L during hospitalization. The extremely severe hypernatremia was caused by patient's wrong belief that bay salt would cure the cancer. The patient was treated with hypotonic solution and finally with appropriate hydration, she was fully recovered without any neurological complications.

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