Open AccessAcute moderate hyponatraemia and its rapid correction: effects on striatal and pontine ultrastructure in an animal model of the TURP syndrome
Author(s) -
Stefan Reuss,
Katja Bürger,
H. Claus,
T. Reinhardt,
Ursula Disque-Kaiser,
A Depta,
Matthias David,
H. Gervais
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
european journal of anaesthesiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.445
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1365-2346
pISSN - 0265-0215
DOI - 10.1017/s0265021504003138
Subject(s) - medicine , hypertonic saline , pons , saline , striatum , astrocyte , perfusion , myelin , anesthesia , endocrinology , pathology , central nervous system , dopamine
To investigate the effects of moderate hyponatraemia, induced by intravenous application of an electrolyte-free irrigation fluid, as a model of the human transurethral prostate resection syndrome and of its rapid correction by hypertonic saline infusion in rats.