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WATER INTOXICATION AND OXYTOCIN INFUSION
Author(s) -
Morgan D. B.,
Kirwan N. A.,
Hancock K. W.,
Robinson D.,
Howe J. G.,
Ahmad S.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1977.tb12458.x
Subject(s) - oxytocin , water intoxication , anesthesia , medicine , hyponatremia
Summary The case reports are presented of two patients who developed water intoxication after high‐dose oxytocin infusions. Plasma sodium and urine flow were studied in two further patients given high‐dose oxytocin infusions. The findings are related to previously published observations.