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ArticleJournal of endocrinological investigation2011

Urinary aldosterone excretion and electrolytic balance in response to chronic diuretic therapy in very low-birth weight infants.

S Costa, F Cota, C Romagnoli, C Latella, L Maggio, F Gallini

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Article in Journal of endocrinological investigation, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

S CostaDivision of Neonatology, Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital Agostino Gemelli- Catholic University Sacred Heart, Largo A. Gemelli 8, 00168, Rome, Italy. simocosta@yahoo.it
F Cota
C Romagnoli
C Latella
L Maggio
F Gallini
Catholic University of America · USAgostino Gemelli University Polyclinic · ITOspedale Cristo Re · IT

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Abstract

backgroundIt has been reported that the reninangiotensin- aldosterone system of healthy newborn infants and pre-term infants responds to acute furosemide challenge.

objectiveTo assess urinary aldosterone excretion (UAE) and electrolytic balance in very low-birth weight (VLBW) infants who received chronic therapy with furosemide and to compare them with those of infants who did not receive diuretic therapy.

methodsInfants with birth weight <1500 g were considered eligible for this prospective observational study. On the 10th day of life, infants enrolled were divided in 2 groups on the basis of our predictive score for chronic lung disease (CLD): group 1, with positive score, received furosemide and group 2, with negative score, did not receive diuretic therapy. Urinary aldosterone and electrolytes excretion, electrolytes intakes and clearance of creatinine were investigated before the beginning of the treatment and then weekly until discharge in both groups, and results were compared.

resultsThirty infants were studied: 15 received long-term furosemide and 15 did not. UAE progressively increased in infants who received furosemide whereas remained unchanged in infants who did not receive treatment. UAE was greater in group 1 than in group 2 after 3 weeks of diuretic treatment, reaching statistical significance after 4 weeks of treatment.

conclusionsIn VLBW infants, chronic therapy with furosemide leads to a progressive increase in UAE that may potentially limit the diuretic effect of long-term use of furosemide in the management of CLD.

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AldosteroneBirth WeightChloridesDiureticsFurosemideGestational AgeHumansInfant, NewbornInfant, Premature, DiseasesInfant, Very Low Birth WeightLung DiseasesMalePotassiumProspective StudiesSodiumWater-Electrolyte BalanceAldosteroneChloridesDiureticsFurosemidePotassiumSodium

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