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. 1975 Apr;51(594):249–252. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.51.594.249

Water intoxication associated with oxytocin infusion

Audrey J Ahmad, Elizabeth H Clark, Howard S Jacobs
PMCID: PMC2495941  PMID: 1197156

Abstract

During a mid-trimester abortion with high dose oxytocin infusion and intravenous fluids, a patient developed an acute dilutational hyponatraemia and coma. The relationship of water intoxication and synthetic oxytocin infusion is discussed and the literature reviewed.

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