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ReviewInternational journal of legal medicine2018

Postmortem diagnosis of hyponatremia: case report and literature review.

Jessica Vanhaebost, Cristian Palmiere, Maria Pia Scarpelli, Fabiola Bou Abdallah, Arnaud Capron, Gregory Schmit

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Review in International journal of legal medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Acute water intoxication in hysteroscopic myomectomy: a rare case report.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Jessica VanhaebostService d'Anatomie Pathologique et Médecine Légale, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
Cristian PalmiereCURML, University Center of Legal Medicine, Chemin de la Vulliette 4, 1000, 25, Lausanne, Switzerland. cristian.palmiere@chuv.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5799-9893
Maria Pia ScarpelliCURML, University Center of Legal Medicine, Chemin de la Vulliette 4, 1000, 25, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Fabiola Bou AbdallahUniversity Paris-Descartes, Laboratory of Medical Ethics and Forensic Medicine, Paris, France.
Arnaud CapronClinical Chemistry Department, Cliniques Universitaires St Luc, Brussels, Belgium.
Gregory SchmitService d'Anatomie Pathologique et Médecine Légale, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc · BEUniversity Centre of Legal Medicine · CHDélégation Paris 5 · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hyponatremia is defined as a plasma sodium concentration less than 135 or 130 mEq/L (or mmol/L) and may be responsible for life threatening symptoms that can be observed in a variety of medical conditions. Cases of fatal hyponatremia have been reported in both clinical and forensic literature in situations of water intoxication due to psychogenic polydipsia, amphetamine derivative drug intake, high-endurance exercise, iatrogenic causes, and exceptional cases of child abuse by forced water intoxication. Vitreous sodium levels have been determined to be relatively stable during the early postmortem period and similar to levels found in normal serum of living subjects. Nevertheless, there are relatively few cases of fatal hyponatremia described in literature that underwent exhaustive postmortem biochemical investigations. A case of fatal water intoxication in a psychiatric patient who underwent medicolegal investigations, including postmortem biochemistry, was chosen as a starting point to a literature review of deaths by hyponatremia that may be encountered in the forensic setting.

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Brain EdemaForensic PathologyGastrointestinal ContentsHumansHyponatremiaMaleMiddle AgedPersons with Psychiatric DisordersPleural EffusionPulmonary EdemaSodiumUrinary BladderVitreous BodyWater IntoxicationSodiumElectrolyte imbalanceHyponatremiaPostmortem biochemistrySodiumVitreous humor

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PMID28503702
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