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Störungen des Wasserhaushaltes bei zwei Hunden und einer Katze mit ZNS-Erkrankungen (2013)

Art

Zeitschriftenartikel / wissenschaftlicher Beitrag

Autoren

Weingart, A (WE 20)

Gruber, A D (WE 12)

Kershaw, O (WE 12)

Kohn, B (WE 20)

Quelle

Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde

Bandzählung: 155

Heftzählung: 8

Seiten: 463 – 469

ISSN: 0036-7281

Verweise

DOI: 10.1024/0036-7281/a000492

Pubmed: 23919973

Kontakt

Institut für Tierpathologie

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14163 Berlin
+49 30 838 62450
pathologie@vetmed.fu-berlin.de

Abstract / Zusammenfassung

Hypernatremia due to different pathophysiological mechanisms results in a rise in plasma osmolality. Dependent on its severity and on the speed of its development hyperosmolality can be life-threatening. This article describes 2 dogs and 1 cat with central nervous system disorders (adenoma of the pituitary gland, cerebral trauma). All patients developed normovolemic hypernatremia due to pituitary gland and hypothalamus dysfunction, respectively. Plasma sodium concentrations ranged from 163 to 185 mmol/l. Neurological examinations revealed lethargy, disturbances of consciousness, and ataxia, respectively. The dogs had to be euthanased due to the grave prognosis, the cat with cerebral trauma survived.