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. 1977 Jan;84(1):6-12.
doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1977.tb12458.x.

Water intoxication and oxytocin infusion

D B Morgan, N A Kirwan, K W Hancock, D Robinson, S Ahmad

Water intoxication and oxytocin infusion

D B Morgan et al. Br J Obstet Gynaecol. 1977 Jan.

Abstract

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.

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