RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Early hyperkalaemia in very low birthweight infants in the absence of oliguria.
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 270
OP 272
DO 10.1136/adc.64.2.270
VO 64
IS 2
A1 L P Brion
A1 G J Schwartz
A1 D Campbell
A1 A R Fleischman
YR 1989
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/64/2/270.abstract
AB We reviewed 1552 admissions to a neonatal intensive care programme; seven, all with a birth weight less than 1500 g, developed early onset, non-oliguric hyperkalaemia (potassium concentration greater than 7.0 mmol/l). Although their perinatal variables were similar to those of a normokalaemic group, hyperkalaemic infants had a higher incidence of intraventricular haemorrhage and developed increased concentrations of plasma creatinine by 7 days of age.