title: [Water intoxication and hyponatremia: report of two cases].
abstract: Two psychiatric patients suffering from psychogenic polydipsia, hyponatremia and water intoxication were evaluated at emergency room. Both of them showed organic psychiatric disease which improve with medical treatment. We illustrated the physiological and clinical features of polydipsia, hyponatremia and water intoxication as well as treatment modalities.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Psiquiatría, Hospital Clínico Universitario San Carlos, Madrid, 28040, España. jguisadom@intersep.org
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guisado
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hernández
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Juárez
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: González-Llera
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007010:Hyponatremia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D014869:Water Intoxication / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis