Monitoring of newborn weight, breast feeding and severe neurological sequelae secondary to dehydration

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 264-265

  Fawke, Joe ^a   Whitehouse, W P ^a   Kudumula, Vikram ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN INFARCTION; BREAST FEEDING; CAPILLARY FLOW; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MUSCLE TWITCH; NEWBORN; POLYCYTHEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAGITTAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; SEIZURE; BODY WEIGHT; FATALITY; HYPERNATREMIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NOTE; POSTNATAL CARE;

BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; DEHYDRATION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERNATREMIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POSTNATAL CARE;

EID: 41749105342     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2007.131136     Document Type: Letter

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