A CASE OF OSMOTIC ENCEPHALOPATHY IN OSMOTIC DEMYELINATION SYNDROME WITH SEVERE HYPERNATREMIA
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2019, Vol 8, Issue 11
Abstract
PRESENTATION OF CASE 30-year-old male patient was brought by relatives to ER of Krishna hospital in altered state of consciousness and was unable to speak, patient was found unconscious in sewage pipe in Mumbai, was taken to nearby hospital, received primary medical attention, and was later transferred to Karad by relatives for further management. Relatives gave history that patient had absconded from job and was found unconscious in sewage canal. On examination, patient was stuporous, no eye opening, extension to painful stimuli. patient was severely dehydrated with pulse rate of 140 per minute, low volume, blood pressure was 70 mmHg systolic with agonal breaths.
Authors and Affiliations
Pavan D. Patel, Amit Botre, Aparna Patange, Nitin Jadhav, Harsh Shah
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- DOI 10.14260/jemds/2019/181
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