COLLODION BABY DEHYDRATION - THE DANGER OF HIGH TRANSEPIDERMAL WATER-LOSS

Authors
BUYSE L GRAVES C MARKS R WIJEYESEKERA K ALFAHAM M FINLAY AY
Citation
L. Buyse et al., COLLODION BABY DEHYDRATION - THE DANGER OF HIGH TRANSEPIDERMAL WATER-LOSS, British journal of dermatology, 129(1), 1993, pp. 86-88
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
British journal of dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00070963
Volume
129
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
86 - 88
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0963(1993)129:1<86:CBD-TD>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
We describe transepidermal water loss (TEWL) measurements in a collodi on baby suffering from severe hypernatraemic dehydration and hypotherm ia, who required intravenous fluid therapy in a special incubator. The TEWL values 4 days after birth were abnormally high compared with nor mal infants of the same age. The TEWL measurements returned towards no rmal within the first month, in parallel with the improvement of both the skin signs and the electrolyte and fluid balance.