Water intoxication by the oral route in an infant.
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- 1 July 1979
- journal article
- case report
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 54 (7) , 551-553
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.54.7.551
Abstract
Symptomatic water intoxication is common when hypo-osmolar fluids are given therapeutically, usually intravenously, but it is rare after drinking voluntarily (Wynn and Rob, 1954). We report a case of water intoxication caused by voluntary drinking in an infant.Keywords
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