Relowering of Serum Na for Osmotic Demyelinating Syndrome

We report a case in whom slow correction of hyponatremia (5 mmol/day for 3 days) induced central pontine myelinolysis (CPM). After the diagnosis was confirmed by imaging, we started to relower serum Na that completely recovered the sign and symptoms of CPM. Rapid correction of serum sodium is known...

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Main Authors: Hideomi Yamada, Koji Takano, Nobuhiro Ayuzawa, George Seki, Toshiro Fujita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Neurological Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/704639
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