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  • One risk is that the cerebral edema induced by the hypo-osmolality is clearly a bad thing and should not be allowed to persist and worsen and on the other hand there is the somewhat mysterious spectre of osmotic demyelination which is typically referred to by one of it forms namely central pontine myelinolysis.

    SIADH or SIAD-where did the "h" go and does it matter? james gaulte 2007

  • The myelinolysis seems to be caused by too rapid correction of the hyponatremia, at least that is the consensus theory while some authors still blame the severe hyponatremia per se.

    SIADH or SIAD-where did the "h" go and does it matter? james gaulte 2007

  • One risk is that the cerebral edema induced by the hypo-osmolality is clearly a bad thing and should not be allowed to persist and worsen and on the other hand there is the somewhat mysterious spectre of osmotic demyelination which is typically referred to by one of it forms namely central pontine myelinolysis.

    Archive 2007-05-01 james gaulte 2007

  • The myelinolysis seems to be caused by too rapid correction of the hyponatremia, at least that is the consensus theory while some authors still blame the severe hyponatremia per se.

    Archive 2007-05-01 james gaulte 2007

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