May the best friend be an enemy if not recognized early: Hypernatremic dehydration due to breastfeeding

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 445-448

  Yildizdaş, Hacer Yapicioǧlu ^a   Satar, Mehmet ^a   Tutak, Ercan ^a   Narli, Nejat ^a   Büyükçelik, Mithat ^a   Özlü, Ferda ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Hypernatremic dehydration; Newborn

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CEFOTAXIME; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; GLUCOSE; INFUSION FLUID; PHENOBARBITAL; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BREAST FEEDING; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEHYDRATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LACTATION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REHYDRATION; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL;

BREAST FEEDING; DEHYDRATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPERNATREMIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEONATOLOGY; SODIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23044495212     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000170687.94839.72     Document Type: Article

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