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- Title
Severe Hypernatremia and Hyperosmolality Exacerbated by an Herbal Preparation in a Patient With Diabetic Ketoacidosis.
- Authors
Bhowmick, Samar K.; Hundley, Olivette T.; Rettig, Kenneth R.
- Abstract
This article reports a case of severe reversible hypernatremia exacerbated by an herbal agent ‘goldenseal’ (Hydrastis canadensis) in an 11-year-old girl with new onset type I diabetes mellitus presented with diabetic ketoacidosis. A literature review is presented and possible mechanism of hypernatremia caused by this herbal preparation is discussed
- Subjects
HYPERNATREMIA; GOLDENSEAL; HERBAL medicine; DIABETES; KETOACIDOSIS; PEOPLE with diabetes; ENDOCRINE diseases; MEDICINAL plants; JUVENILE diseases
- Publication
Clinical Pediatrics, 2007, Vol 46, Issue 9, p831
- ISSN
0009-9228
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0009922807303042