Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infections and Renal Function Tests in Acute Illness of Children

Objective:
Acute illness and its complications including acute lower respiratory tract infections has been increased in children recently. Renal function tests play an important role in the pathogenesis of acute lower respiratory tract infections.

Methods:
30 children who admitted to the pediatric ward for acute lower respiratory tract infections were included in the study. Age and sex-matched 30 children, not having any acute illness and renal disease were taken as control. They were subjected to estimation of serum urea, creatinine, uric acid, sodium, potassium, and excretion of urea, creatinine, total protein, and microalbumin.

Results:
A radiological evidence of pneumonia was present in all patients. Serum urea, creatinine, uric acid, potassium levels were significantly altered in children with acute lower respiratory tract infections except sodium and excretion of urea, creatinine were significantly decreased whereas, total protein, and microalbumin excretion were increased.

Conclusion:
In children with acute lower respiratory tract infections renal functions were altered may be due to insufficient antidiuretic hormone (ADH) secretion.