SALT DEPLETION AND DEHYDRATION IN HYPERTENSIVE PRETERM INFANTS

Authors
GOUYON JB BERNARDINI S SEMAMA DS FRANCOISE M
Citation
Jb. Gouyon et al., SALT DEPLETION AND DEHYDRATION IN HYPERTENSIVE PRETERM INFANTS, Pediatric nephrology, 11(2), 1997, pp. 201-204
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics,"Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
Pediatric nephrology
ISSN journal
0931041X → ACNP
Volume
11
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
201 - 204
Database
ISI
SICI code
0931-041X(1997)11:2<201:SDADIH>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Three preterm infants presented with both severe or moderate arterial hypertension and dehydration due to increased water and sodium urinary excretion. In patient 1, water and sodium wasting were extremely seve re and peaked at 575 ml/kg per day and 73 mEq/kg per day, respectively . In all infants, urinary water and sodium excretion dramatically decr eased when hypertension resolved. The overall clinical data suggest a pressure natriuresis phenomenon.