Citation

Sakai Y, Kato M, Okada T, Sagata Y, Goh R, Kohyama A, Sumitomo M. Chudoku Kenkyu 2004; 17(1): 61-63.

Affiliation

Department of Anesthesiology, Tokushima Red Cross Hospital.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, Yakugyo Jihosha)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

15079924

Abstract

Fatal hypernatremia due to soy sauce ingestion is rare. We describe a 65-year-old woman who became unresponsive after ingesting 1150 ml of soy sauce. Her initial blood sodium concentration was 176 mEq/l. She was treated successfully with acute hemodialysis and her serum sodium concentration decreased to 146 mEq/l without any significant neurologic complication. We recommend hemodialysis is the best approach to correct severe hypernatremia.

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