A STUDY TO ASSESS THE FACTORS AFFECTING NEONATAL …

GFR is low at birth but rises rapidly over the first few weeks of life and reaches adult levels by 2 years of age.Reductions in GFR are seen with hypoxia, hypothermia or CHF. Newborn infants are unable to handle excessive fluid or solute loads (which is why they typically are started on D10W at a lower rate for the first few days of life) ................
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