Cerebral Salt Wasting Syndrome following Head Injury in a Child Managed Successfully with Fludrocortisone
Cerebral salt wasting (CSW) syndrome is an important cause of hyponatremia in head injuries apart from syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (SIADH). Proper diagnosis and differentiation between these two entities are necessary for management as the treatment is quite opposite in both condi...
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Main Authors: | Nagendra Chaudhary, Santosh Pathak, Murli Manohar Gupta, Nikhil Agrawal |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2016-01-01
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Series: | Case Reports in Pediatrics |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6937465 |
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