Article type: Letter to Editor
Article
title: Hyponatremia
and traumatic brain injury: an overview
Journal: BLDE
University Journal of Health Sciences
Year: 2020
Authors: Jamir Pitton Rissardo, Ana Letícia Fornari
Caprara
E-mail: jamirrissardo@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
Extrapontine and central pontine myelinolysis are considered osmotic demyelination syndromes. They commonly occur in cases of osmotic disturbances that need correction, and it is this correction that could lead to a myelin injury. Herewith, we would like to discuss more hyponatremia in individuals that suffered a traumatic brain injury.
Keywords: Hyponatremia, traumatic brain injury, myelinolysis
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DOI
10.4103/bjhs.bjhs_49_19
Citation
Rissardo
JP, Fornari Caprara AL. Hyponatremia and traumatic
brain injury: an overview. BLDE Univ J Health Sci 2019;4:110-1