Article
Transient neonatal hyperkalemia in the antenatal (ROMK defective) Bartter syndrome.
The Journal of pediatrics - 1 Mar 2003
Finer Gal, Shalev Hanna, Birk Ohad S, Galron Dalia, Jeck Nikola, Sinai-Treiman Levana, Landau Daniel
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Identification of neonatal hyperkalemia as a complication of Bartter syndrome (BS), a disorder usually characterized by hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis. Study design Case-series description of a group of 12 infants with mutations in the renal potassium channel ROMK, causing one of the antenatal variants of BS. RESULTS: Prematurity, postnatal polyuria, and dehydration were seen in all cases. Plasma...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Bartter Syndrome
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Creatinine
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Gestational Age
- Humans
- Hyperkalemia
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
