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- Published on: 17 April 2002
- Re: Effect of salt supplementation of newborn premature infants on neurodevelopmental outcome at 10-Published on: 17 April 2002
- Published on: 17 April 2002Re: Professor Sulyok's reply to our paperDear EditorShow More
Me thinks Professor Sulyok doth protest too much. His early, pioneering work on electrolyte balance in the newborn is well known (and extensively cited in an earlier review of the subject co-authored by myself.[1] In this, inter alia, his study of the effect of salt supplementation on the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system [2] is quoted in support of the hypothesis that hyponatraemia in premature infant...
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None declared. - Published on: 17 April 2002Re: Effect of salt supplementation of newborn premature infants on neurodevelopmental outcome at 10-Dear EditorShow More
I read with interest the report by Al-Dahhan and colleagues on the beneficial effect of NaC1 supplementation of preterm infants during the neonatal period on their later neurodevelopmental outcome. They found better memory, learning, language and educational performances at the age of 10-13 years in prematures who were given 4-5 mMol/day NaC2 when compared to those not receiving NaC1 supplement.[1] In th...
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