Hypernatraemic dehydration in Jamaican breastfed neonates: A 12-year review in a baby-friendly hospital

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 295-300

  Trotman Edwards, Helen ^a   Lord, C ^a   Barton, M ^a   Antoine, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; SODIUM;

BREASTFEEDING; HEALTH CARE; INFANT MORTALITY; MORBIDITY;

ADULT; AWARENESS; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BREAST FEEDING; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; JAMAICA; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NULLIPARA; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PARITY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEIZURE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACIDOSIS; ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; HYPERNATREMIA; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAMAICA; MALE; PRENATAL CARE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SODIUM; WEIGHT LOSS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; JAMAICA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 11044236115     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/027249304225019118     Document Type: Review

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