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Researchers need to carry out further evaluation to characterise the effects of this treatment in this population.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1047951117001330_abs2\" sec-type=\"methods\"><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>This is a descriptive, retrospective study carried out in patients less than a year old. These infants had received metolazone over a 2-year period in the paediatric cardiac intensive care unit at our institution. The primary goal was to measure the change in urine output from 24 hours before the start of metolazone therapy to 24 hours after. Patient demographic variables, laboratory data, and fluid-balance data were analysed.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1047951117001330_abs3\" sec-type=\"results\"><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The study identified 97 infants with a mean age of 0.32\u00b10.25 years. Their mean weight was 4.9\u00b11.5 kg, and 58% of the participants were male. An overall 63% of them had undergone cardiovascular surgery. The baseline estimated creatinine clearance was 93\u00b137 ml\/minute\/1.73 m<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>. Initially, the participants had received a metolazone dose of 0.27\u00b10.10 mg\/kg\/day, the maximum dose being 0.43 mg\/kg\/day. They had also received other diuretics during metolazone initiation, such as furosemide (87.6%), spironolactone (58.8%), acetazolamide (11.3%), bumetanide (7.2%), and ethacrynic acid (1%). The median change in urine output after metolazone was 0.9 ml\/kg\/hour (interquartile range 0.15\u20131.9). The study categorised a total of 66 patients (68.0%) as responders. Multivariable analysis identified acetazolamide use (p=0.002) and increased fluid input in the 24 hours after metolazone initiation (p&lt;0.001) as being significant for increased urine output. Changes in urine output were not associated with the dose of metolazone (p&gt;0.05).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1047951117001330_abs4\" sec-type=\"conclusions\"><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Metolazone increased urine output in a select group of patients. 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