[Metabolic diseases in newborn infants--diagnosis and treatment]

Lakartidningen. 2001 Aug 29;98(35):3673-8, 3680.
[Article in Swedish]

Abstract

Different symptoms and clinical signs of metabolic disease in the neonatal period are reviewed. Initial laboratory studies dealing with critically ill neonates are recommended. Different biochemical findings are commented and linked towards the most probable diseases. Finally, treatment in the acute phase of disease is presented.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Critical Illness / mortality
  • Humans
  • Infant Mortality
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Intensive Care, Neonatal
  • Metabolism, Inborn Errors* / classification
  • Metabolism, Inborn Errors* / diagnosis
  • Metabolism, Inborn Errors* / drug therapy
  • Metabolism, Inborn Errors* / therapy
  • Prognosis