Endocrine Abstracts

A 41 year old gentleman presented with collapse and vomiting for one week was found to be hyponatraemic with sodium of 103. He was treated with a sodium chloride 0.9% over 100 ml/hour and once sodium was increased to 118 in less than 24 hours. He was deescalated from intensive care on day3. He had developed severe ataxia, slow speech and was highly emotional. He was previously high functioning, maintaining a job and independent. It had transpired that he had been drinking 18 c...