Hyponatremia during a Severe Pneumococcal Meningitis with Renal Salt Wasting: A Cerebral Salt Wasting Syndrome?
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Hyponatremia during a Severe Pneumococcal Meningitis with Renal Salt Wasting: A Cerebral Salt Wasting Syndrome?
Background: The existence and prevalence of cerebral salt wasting and its differentiation from syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone have been controversial. This controversy stems from overlapping clinical and laboratory findings and an inability to assess the volume status of these patients. Objectives:To present a case of a cerebral salt wasting syndrome secondary to a bacterial men...
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عنوان ژورنال: Open Journal of Nephrology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2164-2842,2164-2869
DOI: 10.4236/ojneph.2011.11001