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ea0008p13 | Clinical case reports | SFE2004

Running out of sodium

Mehta SR , Cox JPD , Johnston DG

A 30 year old lady attended the Accident and Emergency department (A&E) with vomiting, collapse and confusion several hours after completing her first London Marathon in 5 hours. During the race she kept herself hydrated with water and isotonic fluids and took non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). On arrival in A&E her Mini Mental Test Score was 0 and Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) was 11. She was volume replete and haemodynamically stable but confused and restless...