ea0086p175 | Adrenal and Cardiovascular | SFEBES2022
Frank Amy R
, Longmuir Sophie
, McNeilly Jane
, McGowan Ruth
, Faisal Ahmed S
, Smith Karen
Neonatal salt wasting can present in neonates with a life-threatening state of hyponatraemia, hyperkalaemia, dehydration and metabolic acidosis. The differential diagnosis of neonatal salt wasting includes congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) most commonly due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency, pseudohypoaldosteronism (PHA), X-linked adrenal hypoplasia congenital (AHC) and aldosterone synthase defects. Diagnostic work up should include serum measurement of ACTH, Cortisol, 17OH-prog...