Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Atopic dermatitis can cause significant exudative fluid loss from a large body surface area in an infant leading to severe hyponatraemia.Case report: A 5-month-old boy was referred to the paediatric team from dermatology with severe cradle cap, eczema and fever. He also had faltering growth (weight: 4.95 kg, well below 0.4th centile) and moderate developmental delay. On examination, he had severe infected eczema over a large area of the sca...