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During performance of scopes to the uterus, it is usual to distend it with a fluid (glycine) which if escaped to the blood of the patient, it might cause a serious effects. In the reported case, it decreased serum sodium and calcium which needed immediate treatment
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Combination of decrease in serum sodium and calcium is not recored before. The management was rapid, simple and successful.
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This page is a summary of: Combined hyponatremia and hypocalcemia after intravascular absorption of 1.5% glycine during operative hysteroscopy. A case report, Egyptian Journal of Anaesthesia, July 2016, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.egja.2016.03.001.
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