Hyponatremia in a child with tuberculous meningitis in PICU: Cerebral salt wasting syndrome
Cerebral salt wasting syndrome (CSW) has been reported in cases with subarachnoid haemorrhage, infections, head injury, brain tumours, trans-sphenoidal pituitary surgery, and neurosurgery. It is characterized by extracellular fluid depletion and hyponatraemia caused by progressive natriuresis with c...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Dicle University Medical School
2009-01-01
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| Series: | Dicle Medical Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://4181.indexcopernicus.com/fulltxt.php?ICID=893529 |