Klinische Pädiatrie
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Klinische Pädiatrie · Mar 1987
Case Reports[Successful peritoneal dialysis in a premature infant with a birth weight of 850 grams--a case report].
A very low birth weight (850 g) premature infant developed a life threatening hyperkalemia and cardiac dysrhythmia on the first day of life. Standard treatment of hyperkalemia with calcium, dextrose-insulin, sodium-polystyrene sulfonate was ineffective. ⋯ The baby is now nine months old and physically and mentally well developed. This case report should encourage the prompt decision for a peritoneal dialysis even in the very low birth weight infant if dangerous metabolic derangements are otherwise unamenable to treatment.