Abstract
Intravenous self-infusion of tap water has never been reported in the literature. We present a 24-year-old healthy man who self- administered 2.5 L of tap water over 2 hours and developed acute illness including fever, change of mental status, acute hemolysis, low-grade disseminated intravascular coagulation, and acute kidney injury.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 156-159 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Iranian Journal of Kidney Diseases |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 2 |
State | Published - Mar 25 2013 |
Keywords
- Acute kidney failure
- Hemolysis
- Intravenous administration
- Water
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Nephrology