title: Diuresis and natriuresis following acute pneumothorax in very low birthweight infants.
abstract: Seven tension pneumothoraces developed in six very low birthweight infants receiving assisted ventilation for hyaline membrane disease. Mean values for blood pressure and creatinine clearance (Ccr) tended to increase following pneumothorax decompression, although neither increase was statistically significant. Urine volume, osmolar clearance and urine sodium excretion all increased significantly in the 8 h following diagnosis and decompression of pneumothoraces. However, when expressed as a percentage of Ccr, none of these variables changed significantly. Mean sodium balance changed from positive to negative despite a significant increase in urine aldosterone excretion. It is suggested that the increases in osmolar clearance and sodium excretion were consequences of the increase in Ccr following pneumothorax decompression. Developmental immaturity in the renal tubular response to aldosterone might also have contributed to development of negative sodium balance.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000450:Aldosterone / Q000652:urine; D001794:Blood Pressure; D004231:Diuresis; D006801:Humans; D006819:Hyaline Membrane Disease / Q000150:complications; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009318:Natriuresis; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000652:urine; D012121:Respiration, Artificial
chemical_list: D000450:Aldosterone