Inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone in infants with respiratory infections.
Four infants in whom excessive secretion of antidiuretic hormone was associated with pulmonary infections are reported. Severe hyponatraemia was noted in 3 of them; in the fourth, fluid restriction may have prevented this complication.
D001990:Bronchiolitis, Viral / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007010:Hyponatremia / Q000209:etiology; D007177:Inappropriate ADH Syndrome / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011024:Pneumonia, Viral / Q000150:complications*; D012136:Respiratory Syncytial Viruses; D010253:Respirovirus Infections / Q000150:complications*; D014882:Water-Electrolyte Balance