Life‐threatening hypernatraemic dehydration in breastfed babies

We describe five babies, who were exclusively breast fed, with life‐threatening complications of hypernatraemic dehydration secondary to inadequate breast feeding. An increased awareness among health professionals is required so that this potentially devastating condition can be prevented.

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Main Authors: Shroff, R, Hignett, R, Pierce, C, Marks, S, Hoff, W van't
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMJ Group 2006
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Case Report
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2083010/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16690697
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/adc.2006.095497
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