Salt poisoning: presenting symptom of child abuse.
We have described two young children with severe hypernatremia where excess salt administration plus possible water deprivation as a form of child abuse is believed to be etiologic. We urge others to look for comparable cases.
D002649:Child Abuse; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006955:Hypernatremia / Q000139:chemically induced; D008297:Male; D012640:Seizures / Q000139:chemically induced; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000506:poisoning*; D014868:Water Deprivation
D012965:Sodium Chloride