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Reversible hyponatremia and azotemia in a patient with cirrhosis and ascites

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A patient with cirrhosis and ascites is reported whose edema and ascites were cured by diuresis with intensive therapy. However she developed progressive uremia, hyponatremia, and coma. This ominous complication was reversed by infusions of blood, albumin, and molar sodium and restriction of water intake.

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  1. From the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, and the Medical Service, Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, Ga.

    John T. Galambos M.D. & Henry A. Wilkinson III M.D.

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This study was supported in part by USPHS Grant H-4714.

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Galambos, J.T., Wilkinson, H.A. Reversible hyponatremia and azotemia in a patient with cirrhosis and ascites. Digest Dis Sci 7, 642–647 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02232779

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