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01-05-2019 | Clinical Quiz
Dangerous hyperkalemia in a newborn: Questions
Authors:
Aliza Mittal, Daisy Khera, Varuna Vyas, Bharat Choudhary, Kuldeep Singh
Published in:
Pediatric Nephrology
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Issue 5/2019
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Excerpt
An 8-day-old male baby presented to our emergency unit with lethargy and poor feeding and reduced urine output since 3 days. He was a second born child of a third degree consanguineous marriage, born at term with a birth weight of 1.8 kg with no history of significant perinatal events. However, a history of sibling death following a similar illness at day 15 of life was reported. …