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Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2001;85:F145 doi:10.1136/fn.85.2.F145a
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Hypernatraemia: why bother weighing breast fed babies?

  1. DAVID HARDING,
  2. PAMELA CAIRNS
  1. Peter Dunn Neonatal Unit
  2. St Michael's Hospital
  3. Southwell St
  4. Bristol BS2 8EG, UK
  5. Southmead Hospital
  6. Westbury-on-Trym
  7. Bristol BS 10 5NB, UK
    1. SANJAY GUPTA,
    2. FIONA COWAN
    1. Peter Dunn Neonatal Unit
    2. St Michael's Hospital
    3. Southwell St
    4. Bristol BS2 8EG, UK
    5. Southmead Hospital
    6. Westbury-on-Trym
    7. Bristol BS 10 5NB, UK

        Editor—Hypernatraemic dehydration is associated with cerebral oedema, intracranial haemorrhage, hydrocephalus, gangrene, and death,1 but is notoriously difficult to detect clinically. It is accepted in paediatric practice that weighing is an essential part of the assessment of an infant's hydration.

        In Bristol, one neonate a month is admitted with hypernatraemic dehydration secondary to delayed recognition of inadequate lactation. We believe that …

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          Arch Dis Child - Fetal Neonatal Ed published online September 4, 2001

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