Water Intoxication and Child Abuse

Norma A. Metheny; Kathleen L. Meert

doi:10.1016/j.jen.2017.10.002

Water Intoxication and Child Abuse

Norma A. Metheny, Kathleen L. Meert

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[Figure presented] Contribution to Emergency Nursing Practice: • Forced water intake with subsequent hyponatremia is a potentially fatal form of child abuse. • Health care workers should consider forced water intoxication in the differential diagnosis of otherwise unexplained hyponatremia. • Hyponatremic encephalopathy can usually be reversed if proper treatment is initiated promptly.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	13-18
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Emergency Nursing
Volume	44
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jen.2017.10.002
State	Published - Jan 2018

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