Abstract:
ANFRIAANDITSAPPLICATIONINPEDIATRICPRACTICEWangXuLuHangPanCunmeiSunQiongYuXilin(ChildrensHospital,ZhejiangMedicalUniversity,Hangzhou310003)SuJingxianHouHuiren(ChinaInstituteofAtomicEnergy,Beijing102413)ABSTRACTFourbatchesofexperimenthavebeencariedouttodeterminetheatrialnatriureticfac-tor(ANF)inplasmawithradioimmunoassykit.TheresultsshowthattheplasmaANFlev-elsfor3-month-to14-year-oldchildrenare170.4±34.6nmol/l,freefromtheinfluenceofageandsexuality.However,childrenwithacutebronchopneumonia,asthma,orleft-to-rightshuntcongenitalheartdiseaseshavesignificantlyhigherplasmaANFlevelsthanhealthychildren.TheANFkitshavebeenproventobestable,sensitive,reliableandsimpleinoperation.Keywordsradioimmunoassyatrialnatriureticfactorpediatricpracticecongenitalheartdiseasepneumoniaasthma