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To the Editor: In commenting on hyponatremia secondary to the absorption of sodium-free irrigant solutions from an operative site, Adrogué and Madias (May 25 issue)¹ refer only to men who are undergoing prostate surgery. However, the syndrome may occur in women as a complication of endometrial ablation.² Adrogué and Madias state that the cause of the symptoms remains unclear. In fact, the pathogenesis of the major clinical manifestations has recently been described: the respiratory depression and brain edema are due either to ammonia intoxication (when glycine is the irrigating solution) or to hyponatremia with cerebral edema.² It is extremely important . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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