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Obstetrics & Gynecology 1969;34:212-214
© 1969 by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
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Water Intoxication Complicating Elective Induction of Labor at Term

Report of a Patient Who Survived

RICHARD L. BURT, PhD, MD, FACOG, KENNETH L. OLIVER, MD and DONALD L. WHITENER, MD

From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University and the North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem, NC.

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The course of a primigravida who recovered from severe water intoxication that followed the intravenous administration of 9 liters of electrolyte- free fluid and 430 units of oxytocin is delineated. The management and iatrogenic pathogenesis of this near-fatal disorder are outlined.






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