WATER INTOXICATION AND OXYTOCIN INFUSION
- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Vol. 84 (1), 6-12
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.1977.tb12458.x
Abstract
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.Keywords
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