title: Communication breakdown: a preventable cause of acute renal failure in a newborn infant.
abstract: A three-week-old boy had life-threatening renal failure which was successfully treated by salbutamol and sodium bicarbonate infusion, rectal resonium and a left percutaneous nephrostomy. Ultrasonography of this child at 19 weeks' gestation had shown a treatable renal tract abnormality (bilateral hydronephrosis). No arrangements had been made for follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Kidney Research, New Children's Hospital, Sydney, NSW.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Craig
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Knight
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D006869:Hydronephrosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal