A nationwide study on hospital admissions due to dehydration in exclusively breastfed infants in the Netherlands: Its incidence, clinical characteristics, treatment and outcome

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 807-811

  Pelleboer, Rolf A A ^a   Bontemps, Sander T H ^a   Verkerk, Paul H ^b   Van Dommelen, Paula ^b   Pereira, Rob Rodrigues ^b   Van Wouwe, Jacobus P ^b  

^a CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Dehydration; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

SODIUM;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; BREAST PUMP; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; INCIDENCE; INFANT; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY TEST; LETHARGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; SHOCK; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BREAST FEEDING; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NETHERLANDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 64149105698     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2009.01230.x     Document Type: Article

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