Impact of an early weighing policy on neonatal hypernatraemic dehydration and breast feeding

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 297-299

  Iyer, N P ^a   Srinivasan, R ^a   Evans, K ^a   Ward, L ^b   Cheung, W Y ^c   Matthes, J W A ^a  

^a SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MORRISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD CARE; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERNATREMIA; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; WALES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 42249099476     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2006.108415     Document Type: Article

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