WATER INTOXICATION AND OXYTOCIN INFUSION
- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Vol. 84 (1) , 6-12
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.1977.tb12458.x
Abstract
Summary: The case reports are presented of two patients who developed water intoxication after high‐dose oxytocin infusions. Plasma sodium and urine flow were studied in two further patients given high‐dose oxytocin infusions. The findings are related to previously published observations.Keywords
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