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Rhabdomyolysis Complicated with Hyponatremia Due to Water Intoxication and Severe Aspiration Pneumonia: Description of a Patient with Chronic Schizophrenia and Literature Review.
Psychopharmacology Bulletin 2023 December 5
Hyponatremia due to water intoxication is frequently observed in patients with chronic schizophrenia. We herein present a 49-year-old man who developed schizophrenia at the age of 23 and had been admitted to the closed ward of our hospital for 7 years. He was found by a round nurse standing at the bedside, covering both ears with his hands and making groaning noises. He was disoriented and immediately after being returned to bed, a general tonic-clonic seizure occurred. Severe hyponatremia (Na 104 mEq/L) was noted and intravenous sodium correction was started. A few hours later, due to glossoptosis and massive vomiting, ventilation got worse to the point where he had to be put on a ventilator. On the following day, he developed aspiration pneumonia and antimicrobial treatment was started. In addition, a blood sample taken 36 hours later revealed an extensive elevation of creatine kinase (41,286 U/L), pointing to a possibility of rhabdomyolysis as a complication. Subsequently, the general condition gradually improved with antimicrobial therapy and sodium correction. He eventually recovered without any complications including central pontine myelinolysis. He had no history of polydipsia before this event but it was later found that esophageal stricture triggered complusive fluid intake, resulting in acute hyponatremia, seizure, aspiration pneumonia and rhabdomyolysis. A brief discussion will be provided on the issues surrounding hyponatremia, rhabdomyolysis and schizophrenia.
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