metabolic alkalosis in children: study of patients admitted to pediatrics center1
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metabolic alkalosis is characterized by high hco3- as it is seen in chronic respiratory acidosis, but ph differentiates the two disorders. there is no characteristic symptom or sign. orthostatic hypotension may be encountered. weakness and hyporeflexia occur if serum k+ is markerdly low. tetany and neuromuscular irritability occur rarely. we report the results of retrospective data analysis of metabolic alkalosis in 15463 patients hospitalized pediatric medical center in tehran during years 1995-1997. we found 50 cases of metabolic alkalosis (rate of 0.32 percent. 64 precent male and 36 percent female). most of them had growth failure (40% were bellow 3 percentile of height by age, 44% bellow 5 percentile of weight by height). more than 60 percent had hypokalemia, hypocloremia and hyponatremia. the most common cause of metabolic alkalosis was cystic fibrosis and pyloric stenosis. fifty percent of cystic fibrosis patients and bartter cases had metabolic alkalosis. metabolic alkalosis should be considered in every pediatric patient presented with projectile vomitting.
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مجله دانشکده پزشکی دانشگاه علوم پزشکی تهرانجلد ۵۸، شماره ۲، صفحات ۵۶-۶۰
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