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

Table 1

Clinical details of five neonates presenting with hypernatraemic dehydration

Infant Maternal parity Birth weight (kg) Day next weighed Weight loss (%) Plasma sodium Plasma urea
1 0 3.430 8 25 168 25
2 0 2.120 7 24 172 34.8
3 0 3.799 6 19 158 46.3
4 0 3.630 6 20 150 10
5 3 2.420 4 13 157 6.1

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