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Case Reports
. 2006 Jul;13(7):1050-2.
doi: 10.1016/j.arcped.2006.02.011. Epub 2006 Apr 3.

[Dietary water intoxication: a preventable pathology]

[Article in French]
T Boussemart  1 , V Flurin, M-C Chevalier, A Godoy-Chaabane, J-M Bonardi
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[Dietary water intoxication: a preventable pathology]

[Article in French]
T Boussemart et al. Arch Pediatr. 2006 Jul.

Abstract

Case report: The authors report the case of an infant presenting with status epilepticus, apneas and hypothermia, related to hyponatremia. The cause was water intoxication, secondary to feeding a dilute formula and free water. The parents were notoriously challenged by the care of their children. Such disorder could have been prevented.

Conclusion: Dietary history may be key to the diagnosis of hyponatremia in children. Water intoxication of nutritional origin can be prevented.

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