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Hypernatremic dehydration in breast-fed infants. Wis Med J 1995;94(3):143-5

Date

01/01/1995

Pubmed ID

7778332

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-0028966219 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   15 Citations

Abstract

Three cases highlight the association between elevated breast milk sodium and hypernatremic dehydration in the infant. All three mothers, breast-feeding exclusively, had sodium levels in breast milk elevated significantly above normal. Severe hypernatremic dehydration in otherwise normal infants who are exclusively breast fed can be due to elevated sodium levels in breast milk.

Author List

Kini N, Zahn S, Werlin SL

Author

Steven L. Werlin MD Emeritus Professor in the Pediatrics department at Medical College of Wisconsin




MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Bottle Feeding
Breast Feeding
Dehydration
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Fluid Therapy
Humans
Hypernatremia
Infant, Newborn
Male
Milk, Human
Sodium