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Prediction of serum sodium based on diurnal weight gain among schizophrenics subject to water intoxication

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2020

WVR Vieweg ,
DP Harrington ,
RA Leadbetter ,
PL Hundley  and
GR Yank
WVR Vieweg*
Affiliation:
Western State Hospital, Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Commonwealth of Virginia and the Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry and the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
DP Harrington
Affiliation:
Western State Hospital, Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Commonwealth of Virginia and the Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry and the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
RA Leadbetter
Affiliation:
Western State Hospital, Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Commonwealth of Virginia and the Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry and the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
PL Hundley
Affiliation:
Western State Hospital, Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Commonwealth of Virginia and the Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry and the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
GR Yank
Affiliation:
Western State Hospital, Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Commonwealth of Virginia and the Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry and the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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*Correspondence and reprints.
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Summary

We related normalized diurnal weight gain (NDWG) to a decrease in serum sodium concentration (DSOD) among 8 schizophrenics subject to water intoxication. DSOD = 0.422 + 1.675 × NDWG (n = 8, r = 0.864, P = 0.006). We used this relationship to interdict drinking and, thus, prevent severe hyponatremia.

Résumé

Résumé

La relation entre l'augmentation diurne du poids et la concentration sérique de sodium a été étudié chez 8 schizophrènes présentant l'intoxication à l'eau. Le poids et le sodium sérique ont été mesurés à 7 heures et 16 heures toutes les semaines pendant 8 semaines. Une excellente corrélation a été trouvée entre l'augmentation diurne du poids (exprimé en pourcentage de l'augmentation diurne) et la baisse diurne de taux sérique de sodium: △ sodium = 0,422 + 1,675 × △ % du poids, (n = 8, r = 0,864, P = 0,006).

Keywords

diurnal weight gainhyponatremiawater intoxicationschizophreniapsychosisgain de poids diurnehyposodieintoxication à l'eauschizophréniepsychose
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Psychiatry and Psychobiology , Volume 5 , Issue 4 , 1990 , pp. 265 - 267
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 1990

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