Cerebral salt wasting syndrome caused by severe traumatic brain injury: pediatric case report and review of the literature

Mohamed Aziz Daghmouri; Maroua  Oueslati; Mohamed Amine  Touati; Olfa  Faten; Sameh  Zakhama; Lotfi Rebai

doi:10.22541/au.161476004.45182954/v1

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Cerebral salt wasting syndrome caused by severe traumatic brain injury: pediatric case report and review of the literature

Mohamed Aziz Daghmouri,
Maroua Oueslati ,
Mohamed Amine Touati ,
Olfa Faten,
Sameh Zakhama ,
Lotfi Rebai

Abstract

Following acute traumatic brain injury, cerebral salt wasting (CSW) syndrome is considered as an important cause of hyponatremia apart from syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone. Differentiation between the two syndromes is crucial for the initiation of an adequate treatment. So we report a pediatric case.