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Collodion baby dehydration: the danger of high transepidermal water loss
Author(s) -
BUYSE L.,
GRAVES C.,
MARKS R.,
WIJEYESEKERA K.,
ALFAHAM M.,
FINLAY A.Y.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1993.tb03318.x
Subject(s) - transepidermal water loss , dehydration , medicine , electrolyte imbalance , hypothermia , incubator , dermatology , surgery , chemistry , biology , pathology , stratum corneum , biochemistry , microbiology and biotechnology
Summary We describe transepidermal water loss (TEWL) measurements in a collodion baby suffering from severe hypernatraemic dehydration and hypothermia, who required intravenous fluid therapy in a special incubator. The TEWL values 4 days after birth were abnormally high compared with normal infants of the same age. The TEWL measurements returned towards normal within the first month, in parallel with the improvement of both the skin signs and the electrolyte and fluid balance.