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Case Reports
. 2010 Spring;21(1):21-6.

Hospital-acquired acute hyponatremia and reports of pediatric deaths

Christine Koczmara  1 , Andrew W Wade, Peter Skippen, Mary Jane Campigotto, Kim Streitenberger, Roxane Carr, Elaine Wong, Karen Robertson
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  • PMID: 20333891
Case Reports

Hospital-acquired acute hyponatremia and reports of pediatric deaths

Christine Koczmara et al. Dynamics. 2010 Spring.

Abstract

Information from four voluntary reports of hospital-acquired acute hyponatremia leading to the death of otherwise healthy children is highlighted. In this column, we present two cases and information from a recent ISMP Canada Safety Bulletin, as well as two cases reported to ISMP United States. Information is shared to enhance health care practitioners' awareness of the potential for acute hyponatremia and to provide an overview of some of the potential underlying factors.

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