Chasing spurious hyponatraemia
- Department of Neonatology, Kirwan Hospital for Women, Townsville, Queensland 4817, Australia Sanjay_Patole@health.qld.gov.au
The need for a conservative approach to hyponatraemia in preterm neonates was emphasised by Manzer.1 Chasing hyponatraemia (serum sodium: 124 mmol/l) during hyperglycaemia requiring insulin infusion in a 1060 g neonate was associated with fluid retention and patent ductus arteriosus (PDA). The maximum serum sodium …









