Serum chloride and serum sodium derangements in children on prolonged furosemide therapy and their effect on diuretic response

Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette

Table 3 Blood chemistry of the included patients

		Hyponatremia	Hypochloremia	Both	Normal	P value	Sig.
		No. = 15	No. = 9	No. = 12	No. = 9	P value	Sig.
Day 1
Serum Na (mEq/dL)	Mean ± SD	132.50 ± 2.07	136.75 ± 1.71	131.88 ± 2.17	139.00 ± 3.34	0.000	HS
Serum Na (mEq/dL)	Range	128–135	135–139	129–135	135–144	0.000	HS
Serum K (mEq/dL)	Mean ± SD	4.55 ± 0.74	4.35 ± 0.72	4.96 ± 0.51	4.23 ± 1.11	0.326	NS
Serum K (mEq/dL)	Range	3.3–5.5	3.4–5	4.3–6	2.4–5.9	0.326	NS
Serum Cl (mEq/dL)	Mean ± SD	103.50 ± 4.35	89 ± 5.23	89.13 ± 26	101.63 ± 4.57	0.000	HS
Serum Cl (mEq/dL)	Range	97–109	84–94	85–95	98–109	0.000	HS
Day 3
Serum Na (mEq/dL)	Mean ± SD	134.00 ± 1.76	135.25 ± 0.50	133.75 ± 1.75	136.50 ± 1.60	0.007	HS
Serum Na (mEq/dL)	Range	131–138	135–136	131–136	134–138	0.007	HS
Serum K (mEq/dL)	Mean ± SD	4.48 ± 0.49	4.10 ± 0.73	4.65 ± 0.50	4.13 ± 0.92	0.347	NS
Serum K (mEq/dL)	Range	3.8–5.1	3.5–5	4.3–5.7	3.2–5.5	0.347	NS
Serum Cl (mEq/dL)	Mean ± SD	101.40 ± 7.89	94.25 ± 6.50	90 ± 9.15	97.13 ± 4.42	0.025	S
Serum Cl (mEq/dL)	Range	86–110	85–100	72–100	91–104		S