Archives of Disease in Childhood 2006;91:1025-1026
CASE REPORT
Life-threatening hypernatraemic dehydration in breastfed babies
1 Department of Nephrourology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK
2 Department of Paediatric Intensive Care, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
Correspondence to:
W van’t Hoff
Department of Nephrourology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London WC1N 3JH, UK; vanthw{at}gosh.nhs.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.
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