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Chronic renal failure (CRF) is defined as a serum creatinine above 1mg/dl in the 1st year of life, which corresponds to creatinine clearances below 30ml/min per 1.73m². CRF is rarely seen in the newborn period. Acco...

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an autosomal recessive disease affecting exocrine glands and frequently presenting with respiratory and gastrointestinal symptoms. Acute dehydration with hypokalemia and metabolic alkalosis is a w...

The level of blood pressure decrease obtained by salt restriction in children is very small. Furthermore, the relation of decreased blood pressure in these studies has not been linked to the risk and prevalence of hypert...

The diagnosis of urinary tract infection (UTI) is difficult in the newborn period since the signs and symptoms of UTI are nonspecific in this age group. Urinary tract infection in infancy may lead to renal scars and if i...