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Communication breakdown: a preventable cause of acute renal failure in a newborn infant
Author(s) -
Craig Jonathan C,
Knight John F,
Smith Grahame H
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1996.tb122236.x
Subject(s) - medicine , hydronephrosis , abnormality , percutaneous nephrostomy , gestation , surgery , urinary system , urology , percutaneous , pregnancy , psychiatry , biology , genetics
A three‐week‐old boy had life‐threatening renal failure which was successfully treated by salbutamol and sodium bicarbonate infusion, rectal resonium and a left percutaneous nephrostomy. Ultrasonography of this child at 19 weeks’ gestation had shown a treatable renal tract abnormality (bilateral hydronephrosis). No arrangements had been made for follow‐up.