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Case Reports in Emergency Medicine
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 342760, 3 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/342760
Marathon Runner with Acute Hyponatremia: A Neurological Disorder
1Internal Medicine, Groupe Hospitalier Paris Saint Joseph, 75014 Paris, France
2Intensive Care Unit, Groupe Hospitalier Paris Saint Joseph, 75014 Paris, France
3Paris Descartes University, 75006 Paris, France
Received 9 February 2012; Accepted 7 March 2012
Academic Editors: C.-C. Lai, M. Sand, and H. P. Wu
Copyright © 2012 R. Kormann et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
We report the case of an athletic 49-year-old female who has run the 2011 Marathon of Paris and was addressed to the hospital for a confusion. The investigations revealed a cerebral edema complicating a severe hyponatremia secondary to an exercise-associated hyponatremia (EAH). Using 3% hypertonic saline solution, the evolution the patient rapidly improve allowing discharge after 7 days. We then discuss the importance of EAH in long-term efforts.