Cerebral salt wasting following tuberculous meningoencephalitis in an infant

Cerebral salt wasting following tuberculous meningoencephalitis in an infant

In patients with central nervous system disease, life-threatening hyponatremia can result from either the syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone or cerebral salt wasting. Clinical manifestations of the two conditions may be similar, but their pathogeneses and management protocol...

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Main Authors: Syed Ahmed Zaki, Vijay Lad, Preeti Shanbag
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
Series:Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology
Subjects:
Cerebral salt wasting
fludrocortisone
natriuretic peptide
tuberculous meningoencephalitis
Online Access:http://www.annalsofian.org/article.asp?issn=0972-2327;year=2012;volume=15;issue=2;spage=148;epage=150;aulast=Zaki

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