Comments on: Desmopressin and the “pis-quiz”: unexpected causes of low sodium

By: precordialthump

precordialthump — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 08:04:51 +0000

Thanks Leon.
I’m going to do a talk on this next week at work (all that blogging time is not wasted after all!) – will look at the Ann Neurol paper too.
Cheers,
Chris

By: Leon

Leon — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:42:46 +0000

Chris:

Thanks! Your discussion of desmopressin-induced hyponatremia in “Life in the Fast Lane” is remarkably complete, and is a great read in conjunction with case #1 in the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Article.

BTW, my dormitory next-door-neighbor in college went on to publish what I believe is the first article on the risk of central pontine myelinolysis after rapid correction of hyponatremia (Ann Neurol. 1983 Mar;13(3):232-42).

By: precordialthump

precordialthump — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:29:02 +0000

Hi Leon,

I’ve seen a similar case, which I covered in detail as a case-based Q&A on Life in the Fast Lane: http://lifeinthefastlane.com/2010/03/laboratory-tester-003/

TPR readers may find it of interest.

Cheers,
Chris