Table 4.
Metabolic studies at the time of delivery
| Patient | Plasma aldosterone (ng/dl)a |
Plasma renin (ng/ml/hr) |
Newborn (Serum) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mother | Cord | Mother | Cord | Creatinineb | K+ (MEq/L) | |
| 1a | 62 | 43 | – | – | 1.1 | 10.9 |
| 1b | 8 | 15 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 6.8 |
| 2b | – | 11 | 5 | 3.2 | – | 5.5 |
| 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 8.2 |
| 4 | 61 | 32 | – | 1.3 | 3.2 | 6.1 |
| 5 | 58 | – | – | – | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | – | 40 | – | – | 0.9 | 7 |
| 8 | – | – | 15.4 | 27.1 | – | 5.8 |
| 9 | 13 | 15 | 8.4 | 17.2 | 2 | 7.5 |
| 10 | 3 | 4 | – | – | – | – |
| 11 | 27 | 49 | – | – | – | 6 |
| 12 | 80 | 70 | 7 | 4 | 0.8 | 6.6 |
| 13 | 28 | 23 | 10 | 8.6 | – | – |
a
Aldosterone, ng/dl (1 ng/dl = 0.028 nmol/L, SI units).
b
Creatinine, mg/dl (1 mg/dl = 88.4 μmol/L, SI units).