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Am J Psychiatry 1987; 144:365-366
Copyright © 1987 by American Psychiatric Association

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Prevention of episodic water intoxication with target weight procedure

MB Goldman and DJ Luchins

An effective, practical, and inexpensive method of preventing water intoxication in inpatients is described. The procedure uses the relationship between acute changes in body water and body weight to predict body weights associated with severe hyponatremia.


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