Fatal case of hospital-acquired hypernatraemia in a neonate: lessons learned from a tragic error

Keyphrases

• Hypoperfusion 100%
• Sodium 100%
• Dialysis 100%
• Neonate 100%
• Lessons Learned 100%
• Hospital-acquired 100%
• Fatal Case 100%
• Hypernatremia 100%
• Salt Intoxication 100%
• Treatment Algorithm 50%
• Hyperglycemia 50%
• Severe Brain Injury 50%
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging 50%
• Isotonic Saline 50%
• Hypertonic Saline 50%
• Brain Response 50%
• Glucose Infusion 50%
• Arterial Hypertension 50%
• Urine Sodium 50%
• Sodium Concentration 50%
• Severe Hyperglycemia 50%
• Urine Volume 50%
• Fluid Shift 50%
• Plasma Sodium Concentration 50%
• Electrolyte-free Water Clearance 50%
• Intractable Seizures 50%
• Viral Gastroenteritis 50%
• Hypervolemia 50%
• Acute Hemodialysis 50%
• Osmotic Inactivation 50%

Medicine and Dentistry

• Sodium Chloride 100%
• Neonate 100%
• Fatality 100%
• Hypernatremia 100%
• Hyperglycemia 50%
• Brain Injury 25%
• Hypertension 25%
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging 25%
• Recurrent Disease 25%
• Cerebral Atrophy 25%
• Hemodialysis 25%
• Glucose Infusion 25%
• Hypervolemia 25%
• Free Water Clearance 25%
• Intractable Epilepsy 25%
• Fluid Shift 25%
• Viral Gastroenteritis 25%