Water intoxication - a dangerous condition

Water Intoxication

Water intoxication and oxytocin.

Assay of dru4gs and other trace comzpounds in biologicalfluids. Ml ethodo-logical developmnent in biochemzistry. Does potassium lower blood pressure by increasing sodium excretion? A metabolic study in patients with mild to moderate essential hvpertension. of potassium administration and of potassium deprivation on plasma renin in normal and hypertensive subjects. diuretics, and salt restrictio...

Fatal water intoxication.

Oesophageal perforation: a dangerous but potentially curable condition.

A series of three cases of oesophageal perforation are described. All three presented differently and the X-ray findings were different in the three patients.

Water Intoxication in Depression: a Case Report

Patient of "psychotic depression" who digested large quantity of water and subsequently developed grand mal seizure and serum sodium levels of less than 121 meq/litre is presented. The physiology of psychogenic polydypsia and related disorders is reviewed. The relation of this disorder to the use of phenothiazines and antidepressants is considered.