RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Self-induced water intoxication in a schizophrenic patient
JF Canadian Medical Association Journal
JO CMAJ
FD Canadian Medical Association
SP 438
OP 439
VO 114
IS 5
A1 Rae, J.
YR 1976
UL http://www.cmaj.ca/content/114/5/438.abstract
AB Water intoxication occurred in a 53-year-old woman with chronic simple schizophrenia and poorly controlled diabetes. For several years she had had a compulsive habit of drinking excessive amounts of water. Coma, fever, convulsions and other neurologic signs appeared suddenly, and she had severe hyponatremia. Her condition improved rapidly when the electrolyte abnormality was corrected.