Transient pseudohypoaldosteronism

Transient pseudohypoaldosteronism is a renal tubulopathy characterized by renal tubular resistance to aldosterone, characterized by hyponatremia, metabolic acidosis and hyperkalemia and manifesting as dehydration, secondary to urinary tract malformation and infections in infants.

Pyelonephritis

An inflammation of the kidney involving the parenchyma of kidney, the renal pelvis and the kidney calices.


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PMID (PMCID)
10645837
 MALE Infant, Newborn
Ventricular flutter in a neonate--severe electrolyte imbalance caused by urinary tract infection in the presence of urinary tract malformation.
Thies KC, Boos K, Muller-Deile K, Ohrdorf W, Beushausen T, Townsend P.
J Emerg Med. 2000;18(1):47-50.
Male infants under the age of 3 months presenting with pyelonephritis in the presence of urinary tract malformation (UTM) are prone to transient pseudohypoaldosteronism.
10645837
 MALE Infant, Newborn
Ventricular flutter in a neonate--severe electrolyte imbalance caused by urinary tract infection in the presence of urinary tract malformation.
Thies KC, Boos K, Muller-Deile K, Ohrdorf W, Beushausen T, Townsend P.
J Emerg Med. 2000;18(1):47-50.
We report a case of transient pseudohypoaldosteronism resulting from pyelonephritis and vesicouretric reflux.