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Urban Adventure for a Young
Ultra-marathoner
February 5, 2011
Rachel Biber Brewer, MD
Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellow
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee
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Case Presentation, History
• JS is 19 year-old runner and college freshman
presenting to the ED via EMS due to a chief
complaint of generalized weakness, vomiting,
and headache.
• He stated he felt like his “head was going to
explode.”
• He recently moved into the dorm while
starting college 4 days earlier.
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History, continued
• In his hometown 7 days prior to presentation,
he was running on the road and was struck by
a car.
• He was thrown 25 feet and briefly lost
consciousness.
• He was evaluated at an outside ED and
released.
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History, continued
• He has not run in the interim and returns
because of excessive weakness, increasing
headaches, nausea, vomiting, intermittent
vertigo and blurred vision.
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Past Medical History
• Medical History
– Healthy
• Social History
– College freshman
– Ran cross-country in HS and progressed to
marathons and ultras
• Medications/EtOH/Drug Use
– None
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Training/Nutrition History
• Training for his second 50k.
• He reports drinking 5-10 liters of water per
day.
• He has not run over the past week (after initial
injury) but continues to maintain the same
hydration habits.
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Physical Exam
• Vitals: normal with exception of BP elevated, 138/82
• General: AAOx3, appears fatigued, NAD
• HEENT: small posterior scalp wound; PERRLA; left scleral
hemorrhage, no nystagmus, normal visual acuity
• CV/Resp: normal
• GI: normal
• Musculoskeletal: left ankle lateral abrasion; bilateral hand
edema
• Neuro: CN 2-12 intact; 5/5 motor strength upper/lower
extremities; sensory intact to light touch
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Differential Diagnosis
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Traumatic brain injury
Hyponatremia
Drug overdose
Alcohol intoxication
Adrenal insufficiency
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Imaging
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Labs
• BMP: Na 119, K 3.1, Cl 88, CO2 26, BUN 7, Cr 0.53,
Gluc 88
• CPK: 186
• Serum Osmolality: 241 mosm/kgH20
• Urine: Osmolality 330 mosm/kgH20, K 10, Na 117
• Drug Screen: Negative
• Thyroid studies: normal
• Cortisol stim test: normal
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Diagnosis
• Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic
hormone secretion (SIADH) due to head
trauma exacerbated by excessive free water
replacement
• Left zygomatic arch fracture, left anterior and
lateral maxillary sinus fracture
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Treatment
• The patient’s Na gradually corrected while
inpatient.
– He was hospitalized for approximately 36 hours.
His free water intake was initially restricted at
500cc per day and then gradually liberalized to
1.5L at discharge.
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Time Elapsed
Fluid
Resuscitation
Sodium
(mEq/L)
Free H2O
Restriction
--
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119
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2 hrs
2L NS
119
500cc
7 hrs
NS 100cc/hr
121
500cc
13 hrs
NS 100cc/hr
119
500cc
19 hrs
NS 100 cc/hr
119
500cc
23 hrs
NS 100 cc/hr
125
500cc
30 hrs
NS 100 cc/hr
128
500cc
34 hrs
NS 100 cc/hr
129
500cc
38 hrs
IVF d/c
130
1.5L
4 days (f/u)
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141
2L
1 week
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141
2.5L
2 weeks
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143
d/c H20
restriction
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Treatment Principles
• Fluid restriction is the mainstay of
treatment in this case  normal
mental status.
• Rapid correction can lead to osmotic
demyelination.
• When hyponatremia is hyperacute (as in
exercise-associated hyponatremia), 3% NaCl
can be used more liberally.
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Treatment
• His Na was 130 at discharge and 141 fortyeight hours later. His headache,
nausea/vomiting, vertigo, blurred vision, and
weakness completely resolved.
• His fluid intake was further liberalized after
discharge while continuing to monitor sodium
levels (which remained normal).
• Facial fractures managed non-operatively.
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Outcome/Follow-up
• The patient’s free water was gradually
liberalized and restriction was discontinued at
approximately 2 weeks.
• He returned to training one week after
discharge and successfully completed his
second 50k five weeks later.
• Education regarding proper hydration and
nutrition for ultra-running training and racing.
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Key Points
• There is a wide variability in sweat rates and renal water
excretory capacity during exercise.
– Absolute drinking/sodium intake guidelines are
difficult to attain.
• No data to support that Na supplementation or
consumption of electrolyte containing fluids can prevent
exercise associated hyponatremia in those drinking to
excess.
• Education of race directors as well as endurance athletes,
especially those at risk.
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Key Points
• Hyponatremia comes in different forms in
athletes and it is crucial to recognize it
clinically, as well as understand treatment and
prevention.
• Nutrition education and strategy is an integral
part of race preparation and training in all
endurance athletes.
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SIADH
ETIOLOGY
CNS disturbances: stroke, hemorrhage, infection, trauma,
pyschosis
Malignancies: most often due to small cell carcinoma of the
lung
Drugs: chlorpropamide, carbamazepine, oxcarbazepine, high
dose IV cyclophosphamide, selective SSRI’s
Major surgery: abdominal or thoracic surgery
Pulmonary disease: pneumonia
Hormone deficiency: adrenal insufficiency, hypothyroidism
Idiopathic
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Exercise Associated Hyponatremia
• The occurrence of hyponatremia during or up
to 24 hours after prolonged physical activity.
• Has emerged as an important cause of racerelated death and life-threatening illness
among endurance athletes.
• Presentation  edema, N/V, headache,
weakness, progressing to AMS seizures, etc
• Pathogenesis  increased fluid intake +/persistent secretion of ADH
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Risk Factors for EAH
ATHLETE-RELATED
EVENT-RELATED
Excessive drinking behavior
High availability of drinking
fluids
Weight gain during exercise
>4 hours of exercise duration
Low body weight
Unusually hot or cold
environmental conditions
Female sex
Slow running/performance
pace
Event inexperience
NSAID use (association vs.
cause)
MEDICAL RISK FACTORS
Altered renal excretory capacity potentially impaired by drugs
(e.g. thiazide diuretics), intrinsic renal disease, low solute diet,
SIADH
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EAH Consensus Development Conference, 2007, Cin J Sport Med, 2008.
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