A case report - Severe electrolyte disturbances in an eight week old boy

Hyponatremia is the most common electrolyte abnormality in children and underlying causes are many. It is most often caused by excessive salt loss from the gut but is also associated with severe systemic disorders in which there is actual or apparent aldosterone deficiency, such as congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), which is the most common inherited disorder of aldosterone synthesis, and pseudohypoaldosteronism (PHA). Abscent aldosterone activity also leads to hyperkalemia which is characteristic for PHA and can result in life threatening arrythmias. This is a case report about a boy presenting with life threatening electrolyte disturbances in conjunction with PHA resulting from pyelonephritis and vesicoureteral reflux.

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E-Artikel

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2010

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2010

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:96

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Laeknabladid - 96(2010), 5 vom: 09. Mai, Seite 343-6

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Isländisch

Weiterer Titel:

Sjúkratilfelli - lífshaettulegar truflanir á blódsöltum hjá átta vikna dreng

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Sigmarsdóttir, Arndís Audur [VerfasserIn]
Thórsson, Arni V [VerfasserIn]
Sigfússon, Gunnlaugur [VerfasserIn]
Jónsson, Jón Jóhannes [VerfasserIn]
Bjarnason, Ragnar [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 03.06.2010

Date Revised 29.11.2019

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.17992/lbl.2010.05.294

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NLM19785365X