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ArticleCureus2024

Severe Hyponatremia (96 mmol/L) Secondary to Primary Polydipsia and Pneumonia.

Nikeeta Mandhan, Michael Schaible, Howard Yu, Sahil Chaddha, Huma Ahmed, Robert Foronjy

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Nikeeta MandhanInternal Medicine, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA.
Michael SchaibleInternal Medicine, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA.
Howard YuInternal Medicine, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA.
Sahil ChaddhaInternal Medicine, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA.
Huma AhmedPulmonary and Critical Care, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA.
Robert ForonjyPulmonary and Critical Care, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 63-year-old man who presented to the hospital with altered mental status and decreased responsiveness was found to have severe symptomatic hyponatremia with a sodium level of 96 mmol/L and pneumonia. The patient was admitted to the medical intensive care unit for septic shock and acute severe hyponatremia. He was intubated for airway protection, and treated with 3% hypertonic saline bolus and antibiotics. After four days, sodium levels were corrected to 128 mmol/L, and the patient was extubated and downgraded to the medical floor. This case demonstrates one of the lowest recorded sodium lab values ever and the patient was successfully treated and discharged home with appropriate outpatient appointments.

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acute hyponatremiaaltered mental stateaspiration pneumoniaintractable hiccupsprimary polydipsia

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PMID38912083
PMCPMC11193436

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