@article{ref1,
title="Suicide attempt by clandestine self-induced water intoxication: rapid clinical response averts life-threatening acute cerebral edema",
journal="American journal of medicine",
year="2020",
author="Siegel, Arthur J. and Patti, Richard B. and Yip, Agustin G.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Water intoxication can induce life-threatening hypotonic encephalopathy. If undiagnosed or inadequately treated, cerebral edema can progress to brain death due to uncal herniation. We report herein a patient with refractory depression who was found unresponsive because of clandestine self-induced water intoxication. Emergent infusion of intravenous hypertonic (3%) saline rapidly restored consciousness, leading to a full recovery without complications...<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0002-9343",
doi="10.1016/j.amjmed.2020.08.037",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2020.08.037"
}