Water intoxication following labour and surgery: blaming oxytocin--the easy way out?

Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2009 Oct;53(9):1226; author reply 1226. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2009.02078.x.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hyponatremia / etiology
  • Hypotonic Solutions / adverse effects
  • Iatrogenic Disease
  • Labor, Obstetric*
  • Oxytocin / adverse effects*
  • Pregnancy
  • Seizures / etiology
  • Tocolytic Agents / adverse effects*
  • Water Intoxication / etiology*

Substances

  • Hypotonic Solutions
  • Tocolytic Agents
  • Oxytocin