Hypernatremia from a hunger strike as a cause of osmotic myelinolysis.
van der Helm-van Mil
Annette H M
AH
Department of Intensive Care, Leiden University Medical Center, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands. AvdHelm@lumc.nl
van Vugt
Jeroen P P
JP
Lammers
Gert Jan
GJ
Harinck
Hubertus I J
HI
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000209:etiology; D002961:Civil Rights; D003128:Coma / Q000209:etiology; D003681:Dehydration / Q000150:complications*; D004322:Drainage; D005215:Fasting / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006955:Hypernatremia / Q000209:etiology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D017590:Myelinolysis, Central Pontine / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy