Hyponatremia Due to Escitalopram and Thiazide Use After Cardiac Surgery

• Published in: Journal of cardiac surgery Vol. 31; no. 2; pp. 96 - 97
• Main Authors: Diken, Adem İlkay, Yalçınkaya, Adnan, Erçen Diken, Özlem, Aksoy, Eray, Doğan, İbrahim, Yılmaz, Seyhan, Çağlı, Kerim
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01-02-2016
• Subjects: Antidepressive Agents - adverse effects; Antidepressive Agents - therapeutic use; Citalopram - adverse effects; Citalopram - therapeutic use; Coronary Artery Bypass; Depression - drug therapy; Drug Therapy, Combination; Emergencies; Humans; Hyponatremia - chemically induced; Male; Middle Aged; Mood Disorders - drug therapy; Postoperative Complications - drug therapy; Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors - adverse effects; Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors - therapeutic use; Severity of Illness Index; Sodium Chloride Symporter Inhibitors - adverse effects; Sodium Chloride Symporter Inhibitors - therapeutic use
• ISSN: 0886-0440; 1540-8191
• DOI: 10.1111/jocs.12681

Depression and mood disorders occur commonly following emergent cardiac surgery. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors are commonly used antidepressants. We report the development of severe hyponatremia leading to adverse clinical effects due to escitalopram and thiazide diuretic use concomitantly in a patient with depression after emergency coronary artery bypass grafting. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12681 (J Card Surg 2016;31:96–97)