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dc.title | Disordered water homeostasis in Asian patients with schizophrenia | |
dc.contributor.author | Chong, S.-A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Tan, L.-L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Wong, M.-C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Woo, S.-C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Tan, C.-H. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ng, L.-L. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-11-20T05:58:37Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-11-20T05:58:37Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1997-12 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Chong, S.-A.,Tan, L.-L.,Wong, M.-C.,Woo, S.-C.,Tan, C.-H.,Ng, L.-L. (1997-12). Disordered water homeostasis in Asian patients with schizophrenia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 31 (6) : 869-873. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 00048674 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/108075 | |
dc.description.abstract | Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of polydipsia-hyponatremia among patients with schizophrenia in an Asian mental hospital. Method: Seven hundred and twenty-eight inpatients with schizophrenia were assessed for polydipsia-hyponatremia using case notes reviews, specific gravity of urine, normalised diurnal weight gain, and serum sodium levels. Results: One hundred and three (13.8%) patients had polydipsia, 30 (4.1%) had polydipsia-hyponatremia and 14 (1.9%) had a history of water intoxication. Eight of the 30 patients were receiving carbamazepine, three were on tricyclic antidepressants and two had diabetes mellitus and were on sulfonylureas. Conclusion: The prevalence of water intoxication among polydipsic patients was low compared to Western studies. This could be due to different methods of assessing polyuria, or ethnic differences and/or the prohibition of smoking in our patients. Certain medications might have also contributed to hyponatremia. | |
dc.source | Scopus | |
dc.subject | Asian | |
dc.subject | Polydipsia-hyponatremia | |
dc.subject | Schizophrenia | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.contributor.department | PHARMACOLOGY | |
dc.description.sourcetitle | Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry | |
dc.description.volume | 31 | |
dc.description.issue | 6 | |
dc.description.page | 869-873 | |
dc.description.coden | ANZPB | |
dc.identifier.isiut | NOT_IN_WOS | |
Appears in Collections: | Staff Publications |
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