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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/89244| Title: | Beer, hyponatraemia and cardiac conduction defects |
| Authors: | Mifsud, Simon Schembri, Emma Louise Mercieca Balbi, Matthew Gruppetta, Mark Clark, James |
| Keywords: | Hyponatremia Beer -- Health aspects Alcoholism -- Complications Atrioventricular block |
| Issue Date: | 2018-03-14 |
| Publisher: | BMJ Publishing Group LTD |
| Citation: | Mifsud, S., Schembri, E., Mercieca Balbi, M., Gruppetta, M., & Clark, J. (2018). Beer, hyponatraemia and cardiac conduction defects. BMJ Case Reports, 2018, Bcr-2018-224260. |
| Abstract: | The authors report a case of a 68-year-old man who was diagnosed with an irreversible second-degree atrioventricular (AV) Mobitz II 2:1 block temporally associated with profound hyponatraemia. The cause of the hyponatraemia was beer potomania. The co-occurrence of reversible first, second and third-degree heart blocks and hyponatraemia has been described in a few published case reports. However, this case is noteworthy as the AV block persisted, despite correction of serum sodium concentration as opposed to other published cases, which meant that the patient required a permanent pacemaker. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/89244 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacM&SMed |
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