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Hypernatremic dehydration with acute kidney injury in a neonate: A therapeutic challenge
Azmeri Sultana, Sharmin Afroze, Israt Jahan, Abdul Baten
Dr. M R Khan Shishu Hospital & Institute of Child Health, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Azmeri Sultana
Dr. M R Khan Shishu Hospital & Institute of Child Health, Dhaka
Bangladesh
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/pnjb.pnjb_7_22
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Neonatal hypernatremic dehydration is not so uncommon and causes high morbidity and mortality if associated with acute kidney injury (AKI). We herein discuss a neonate who presented with serum sodium of 193 mmol/L with AKI, and we successfully treated this neonate with peritoneal dialysis. |
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