Prolonged Brackish Water Exposure: A Case Report.


Journal

Wilderness & environmental medicine
ISSN: 1545-1534
Titre abrégé: Wilderness Environ Med
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9505185

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Sep 2020
Historique:
received: 16 10 2019
revised: 18 03 2020
accepted: 06 04 2020
pubmed: 3 8 2020
medline: 11 11 2020
entrez: 3 8 2020
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Exposure to and consumption of brackish water are associated with an elevated risk of infection, hypernatremia, and hypothermia. Minimal data exist to support the diagnosis and treatment of patients with long-term brackish water exposure. We present a case of a patient who spent 5 to 10 d semisubmerged in the Elizabeth River in coastal Virginia. A 55-y-old male presented via ambulance after 5 to 10 d of being "stuck in the mud." He was hypernatremic, with a sodium of 176 mEq·L

Identifiants

pubmed: 32739040
pii: S1080-6032(20)30069-7
doi: 10.1016/j.wem.2020.04.003
pii:
doi:

Substances chimiques

Sand 0

Types de publication

Case Reports

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

324-326

Informations de copyright

Published by Elsevier Inc.

Auteurs

Scott B Hughey (SB)

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Virginia. Electronic address: scott.b.hughey@gmail.com.

Kari L McCoy (KL)

Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia.

Aaron E Mills (AE)

Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia.

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