[Clinical evolution and severe complications of hypertonic dehydration in 80 infants (author's transl)].
Authors analyse incidence of age, sex and weight in a group of 80 infants with severe hypertonic dehydration. The highest frequency occurs in the first month of life (50%). They study the clinical manifestations of dehydration, neurological condition, diuresis, escleremia, other pathology, complications and mortality. Causes of death are detailed. Peculiar clinical manifestations are discussed according to different ages, emphasising importance of E.C. component in the first weeks of life. Efficiency of peritoneal dialysis is evaluated.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001835:Body Weight; D003681:Dehydration / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D005440:Fluid Therapy; D006801:Humans; D006955:Hypernatremia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases; D008297:Male; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis
Manifestaciones clínicas y complicaciones graves de la deshidratación hipertónica en 80 niños.