Salt poisoning and dehydration must be distinguished
The causes of hypernatraemia have different legal and medical
approaches. In a review, Coulthard and Haycock (p 157) discuss how to
differentiate in children between hypernatraemia due to salt poisoning
and dehydration. Two cases studies illustrate recommended techniques to
enhance history taking, examination, and biochemical analyses of
serial, paired, blood, and "spot" urine samples.
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- Distinguishing between salt poisoning and hypernatraemic dehydration in children
- Malcolm G Coulthard and George B Haycock
BMJ 2003 326: 157-160.[Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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