Ventricular flutter in a neonate-severe electrolyte imbalance caused by urinary tract infection in the presence of urinary tract malformation1

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-50

  Thies, Karl Christian ^a   Boos, Karin ^b   Müller Deile, Kai ^b   Ohrdorf, Wolfgang ^b   Beushausen, Thomas ^b   Townsend, Peter ^c  

^a Department of Anaesthesiology Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine   (Germany)

^b Hanover Children's Hospital   (Germany)

^c BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia; Hyperkalemia; Hyponatremia; Pseudohypoaldosteronism; Urinary tract malformation; Ventricular flutter

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; BICARBONATE; CEFOTAXIME; GENTAMICIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NEWBORN; OBSTRUCTIVE UROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOHYPOALDOSTERONISM; PYELONEPHRITIS; SALT LOSING NEPHRITIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ACIDOSIS; ARRHYTHMIA; CHILD; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PYELONEPHRITIS; URETER; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX; WATER-ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE;

EID: 0033985842     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(99)00161-4     Document Type: Article

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