Abstract
Neonatal hyponatremia can be caused by increased sodium losses, inadequate sodium intake, increased maternal or neonatal water load or by water retention secondary to excess of ADH release. Cocaine use by pregnant women has not as yet been reported to correlate with hyponatremia in the newborn infant. We present a case of an infant whose mother used cocaine regularly during the last stages of pregnancy and who developed hyponatremia in the first week of life. A mechanism is proposed and discussed.
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