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Hypernatraemic dehydration in newborn infants
Hypernatraemic dehydration is a potentially lethal condition and is associated with cerebral oedema, intracranial haemorrhage, hydrocephalus and gangrene. The infant’s plasma sodium concentration is elevated due predominantly to loss of extracellular water. In the past, hypernatraemia occurred most frequently when artificial feeds of too high a sodium concentration were fed to babies. This was ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1982
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.57.6.481-b