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SIADH occuring during benzodiazepine withdrawal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Patrick F Meagher
Affiliation:
SHO in Psychiatry, Gransha Hospital, Clooney Road, Derry, BT 47 1TF
Dermot Nugent
Affiliation:
SHO in Psychiatry, Gransha Hospital, Clooney Road, Derry, BT 47 1TF
Colin Malone
Affiliation:
SHO in Psychiatry, Gransha Hospital, Clooney Road, Derry, BT 47 1TF

Abstract

A case of inappropriate ADH secretion, water intoxication, convulsion and unconsciousness occurring during abrupt withdrawal of benzodiazepines due to the patient under reporting her consumption is described.

Type
Clinical & Brief Reports
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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