[Dietary water intoxication: a preventable pathology].
METHODS
The authors report the case of an infant presenting with status epilepticus, apneas and hypothermia, related to hyponatremia. The cause was water intoxication, secondary to feeding a dilute formula and free water. The parents were notoriously challenged by the care of their children. Such disorder could have been prevented.


CONCLUSIONS
Dietary history may be key to the diagnosis of hyponatremia in children. Water intoxication of nutritional origin can be prevented.
Service de pédiatrie, unité de réanimation pédiatrique, hôpital du Mans, 194, avenue Rubillard, 72037 Le Mans cedex 09, France. tboussemart@ch-lemans.fr
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D000328:Adult; D001049:Apnea / Q000209:etiology; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007010:Hyponatremia / Q000209:etiology*; D007035:Hypothermia / Q000209:etiology; D007223:Infant; D041943:Infant Formula / Q000737:chemistry*; D008297:Male; D013226:Status Epilepticus / Q000209:etiology; D014869:Water Intoxication / Q000175:diagnosis*