title: [Neonatal variant of Bartter syndrome].
abstract: A male preterm infant of 32 weeks of gestation with history of severe polyhydramnios during pregnancy presented soon after birth with polyuria with initial sodium chloride loss subsequently followed by increasing potassium loss. After manifestation of hypokalaemia, hypochloraemia, alkalosis and high urinary prostaglandin concentrations, the diagnosis of the neonatal variant of Bartter's syndrome was made. The treatment consisted of administered of large amounts of fluid with sodium chloride and potassium supplementation and indomethacin (1.5 to 2 mg/kg per day).
authors.affiliation: Kinderklinik der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bertram
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Seidenberg
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Ehrich
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brodehl
mesh_terms: D001477:Bartter Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics*; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations / Q000235:genetics*; D025063:Chromosome Disorders; D003241:Consanguinity; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005808:Genes, Recessive / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D014882:Water-Electrolyte Balance / Q000502:physiology
vernacular_title: Die neonatale Variante des Bartter-Syndroms.