Extreme hypernatraemia: a case report and brief review
2007
A 44 year old man presented with extreme hypernatraemia. The case is unique in three respects: the patient's plasma sodium concentration was 208 mmol/L; the aetiology was multifactorial, including essential hypernatraemia, hypodipsia and high ambient temperature; and the patient survived with full neurological recovery. We briefly review various disorders of thirst and osmorecepters.
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