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- Title
Hypoxia is the cause of brain damage in hyponatremia.
- Authors
Knochel, James P.; Knochel, J P
- Abstract
Discusses the treatment of chronic hyponatremia. Risk of cerebral edema, uncal hertoxication, and death; Possibility of causing damage to the brain through the administration of hypertonic saline in order to increase serum sodium levels; Adaptation of brain cells to hypotonicity; Reference to report in this issue by Ayus and Arieff.
- Subjects
HYPONATREMIA; HYPERTONIC solutions; SODIUM metabolism disorders; SALT in the body; PHYSIOLOGY; THERAPEUTICS; HALOTHERAPY; HYPERTONIC saline solutions; BRAIN diseases; HYPOXEMIA; RESPIRATORY insufficiency; WATER; DISEASE complications; PREVENTION
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 1999, Vol 281, Issue 24, p2342
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
editorial
- DOI
10.1001/jama.281.24.2342