EFFECTS ON CENTRAL NERVOUS-SYSTEM OF HYPERNATREMIC AND HYPONATREMIC STATES
EFFECTS ON CENTRAL NERVOUS-SYSTEM OF HYPERNATREMIC AND HYPONATREMIC STATES
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DOI:
10.1038/ki.1976.82
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发表时间:
1976-01-01
影响因子:
19.6
通讯作者:
GUISADO, R
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作者:
ARIEFF, AI;GUISADO, R
Both hyponatremic and hypernatremic patients are commonly encountered in a wide variety of clinical situations. Most prominent among the clinical manifestations of either of these electrolyte abnormalities are central nervous system symptomatology and/or disorders of sensorium. Not infrequently, such patients have other associated medical conditions, which may modify the clinical picture presented by the abnormalities of salt and water balance. Nonetheless, both hyper- or hyponatremic subjects may present with confusion, lethargy, muscle weakness or myoclonus [1], and seizures are frequently observed. Thus, it would appear that similar abnormalities of central nervous system function may be induced by dissimilar disturbances of electrolyte and osmotic equilibrium. It is the purpose of the present paper to review the clinical, anatomical and biochemical changes in the central nervous system induced by hypo- and hypernatremic states, and to attempt to correlate these changes with the observed central nervous system disorders.