An elderly woman with metastatic breast cancer was admitted with hyperglycaemic hyperosmolar state (HHS) and an elevated haemoglobin A1C. For 1 week, she had experienced confusion, nausea and frequent ...

Aims Hyperosmolar infant feeds can cause osmotic diarrhoea and may be a risk factor for necrotising enterocolitis; osmolality of infant formula is therefore usually <400 mOsm/kg. However, in fluid ...

3 Department of Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA 4 Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA Purpose To evaluate whether ...

aMontefiore-Morrisania Affiliation, and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States bRenal and Electrolyte Division, and Division of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Coney Island ...

The clinical use of both hyperosmolar agents has evolved over more than 100 years, following the emergence of evidence from experimental models, small cohort studies, and experience-justified ...