Neonatal hypernatraemic dehydration and malnutrition associated with inadequate breastfeeding and elevated breast milk sodium

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 318-321

  Scott, Julius Xavier ^a   Raghunath, ^a   Gnananayagam, J Ebor Jacob ^a   Simon, Anna ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Dehydration; Elevated breast milk sodium; Hypernatraemia

Indexed keywords

SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CASE REPORT; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HEMOCONCENTRATION; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MILK LEVEL; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0141894741     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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