@inbook{31206a62bb8c40c5a14e87c124384345,
title = "Electrolyte disturbances and critical care seizures",
abstract = "Electrolyte disturbances in the ICU are extremely common. The electrolyte disorder most commonly associated with seizure is hyponatremia, although extremely low Mg2+, phosphate, and both very low and high Ca2+ values can cause seizures. Critical care physicians must be vigilant to suspect and identify electrolyte disturbances in their patients, because a growing amount of information suggests that they are a marker and potentially a cause of poor prognosis. Electrolyte disturbances should never be uncritically accepted as the etiology of a seizure until a thorough investigation has been undertaken.",
keywords = "Electrolyte imbalance, Hypercalcemia, Hypernatremia, Hypocalcemia, Hypoglycemia, Hyponatremia, Hypophosphatemia, Seizure",
author = "Jenice Robinson and Suarez, {Jose I.}",
year = "2010",
doi = "10.1007/978-1-60327-532-3_11",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9781603275316",
series = "Current Clinical Neurology",
pages = "263--282",
editor = "Panayiotis Varelas",
booktitle = "Seizures in Critical Care",
}