Severe hypernatremic dehydration and death in a breast-fed infant

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 175-180

  Van Amerongen, Robert H ^a   Moretta, Anthony C ^a   Gaeta, Theodore J ^a  

^a NEW YORK METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Hypernatremia; Hypernatremic dehydration; Hyperosmolar

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEATH; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN;

ADULT; BRAIN EDEMA; BREAST FEEDING; DEHYDRATION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPERNATREMIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MILK, HUMAN; REHYDRATION SOLUTIONS; SHOCK; SODIUM;

EID: 0034977327     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-200106000-00006     Document Type: Article

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