Article
Metabolic alkalosis with hypoelectrolytemia in infants with cystic fibrosis.
Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society - 1 Jun 2002
Fustik Stojka, Pop-Jordanova Nada, Slaveska Nevenka, Koceva Svetlana, Efremov Gorgi
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Infants with cystic fibrosis (CF) can develop episodes of hyponatremic hypochloremic dehydration with metabolic alkalosis when they sweat excessively, which is not caused by sweating in normal infants. We investigated the incidence of the metabolic alkalosis with hypoelectrolytemia in CF infants, the possible risk factors for its occurrence and the importance of the manifestation in the diagnosis of...
Topics
- Alkalosis
- Chlorides
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Hypokalemia
- Hyponatremia
- Infant
- Male
- Retrospective Studies
