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Life-threatening hypernatraemic dehydration in breastfed babies.

Shroff R, Hignett R, Pierce C, Marks S, van't Hoff W

Department of Nephrourology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK.

We describe five babies, who were exclusively breast fed, with life-threatening complications of hypernatraemic dehydration secondary to inadequate breast feeding. An increased awareness among health professionals is required so that this potentially devastating condition can be prevented.

Published 22 November 2006 in Arch Dis Child, 91(12): 1025-6.
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