Early hyperkalaemia in very low birthweight infants in the absence of oliguria.
We reviewed 1552 admissions to a neonatal intensive care programme; seven, all with a birth weight less than 1500 g, developed early onset, non-oliguric hyperkalaemia (potassium concentration greater than 7.0 mmol/l). Although their perinatal variables were similar to those of a normokalaemic group, hyperkalaemic infants had a higher incidence of intraventricular haemorrhage and developed increased concentrations of plasma creatinine by 7 days of age.
Brion
L P
LP
Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York.
Schwartz
G J
GJ
Campbell
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D
Fleischman
A R
AR
D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D006801:Humans; D006947:Hyperkalemia / Q000150:complications*; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight / Q000097:blood*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D014563:Urodynamics
D003404:Creatinine