Chloride losing diarrhoea and metabolic alkalosis in an infant with cystic fibrosis
- PMID: 938082
- PMCID: PMC1545971
- DOI: 10.1136/adc.51.5.390
Chloride losing diarrhoea and metabolic alkalosis in an infant with cystic fibrosis
Abstract
A case of hypochloraemic metabolic alkalosis in an infant with chloride losing ileostomy drainage and cystic fibrosis is described. It is speculated that intestinal loss of chloride played a major role in the development of metabolic alkalosis.
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