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Sodium homeostasis in the newborn and low-birth-weight infant. 1979

J S Curran

Sodium homeostatic mechanisms and clinical disturbances in the VLBW infant have been reviewed. Attention has been given to the unique natriuresis experienced to the greatest degree by the smallest and most ill infants reflecting unique differences in renal and neuroendocrine mechanisms. The precise requirement for sodium in relation to protein feeding practices may not yet be fully elucidated and will require further clinical evaluation.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D006955	Hypernatremia	Excessive amount of sodium in the blood. (Dorland, 27th ed)	Hypernatremias
D007010	Hyponatremia	Deficiency of sodium in the blood; salt depletion. (Dorland, 27th ed)	Hyponatremias
D007227	Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena	Nutritional physiology of children from birth to 2 years of age.	Infant Nutrition Physiology,Nutrition Physiology, Infant,Complementary Feeding,Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomenon,Infant Nutritional Physiology,Supplementary Feeding,Complementary Feedings,Feeding, Complementary,Feeding, Supplementary,Feedings, Complementary,Feedings, Supplementary,Nutritional Physiology, Infant,Physiology, Infant Nutrition,Physiology, Infant Nutritional,Supplementary Feedings
D007230	Infant, Low Birth Weight	An infant having a birth weight of 2500 gm. (5.5 lb.) or less but INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT is available for infants having a birth weight of 1500 grams (3.3 lb.) or less.	Low Birth Weight,Low-Birth-Weight Infant,Birth Weight, Low,Birth Weights, Low,Infant, Low-Birth-Weight,Infants, Low-Birth-Weight,Low Birth Weight Infant,Low Birth Weights,Low-Birth-Weight Infants
D007231	Infant, Newborn	An infant during the first 28 days after birth.	Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D009318	Natriuresis	Sodium excretion by URINATION.	Natriureses
D011247	Pregnancy	The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH.	Gestation,Pregnancies
D004044	Dietary Proteins	Proteins obtained from foods. They are the main source of the ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS.	Proteins, Dietary,Dietary Protein,Protein, Dietary
D005260	Female		Females
D006706	Homeostasis	The processes whereby the internal environment of an organism tends to remain balanced and stable.	Autoregulation