PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - A Banister
AU  - S A Matin-Siddiqi
AU  - G W Hatcher
TI  - Treatment of hypernatraemic dehydration in infancy.
AID  - 10.1136/adc.50.3.179
DP  - 1975 Mar 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood
PG  - 179--186
VI  - 50
IP  - 3
4099  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/50/3/179.short
4100  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/50/3/179.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child1975 Mar 01; 50
AB  - Thirty-eight infants with severe hyperosmolar dehydration and hypernatraemia were treated, using three regimens of intravenous fluids: A. 1/2 normal saline, given fast; B.1/2 normal saline given slowly; C. 1/5 normal saline. 28 of the infants were studied in a treatment trial, and it is concluded tha 0-18% saline in 4-3% dextrose, with the early addition of potassium given at a rate of 100 ml/kg estimated rehydrated weight per 24 hours gives satisfactory rehydration within 48 hours, with little risk of convulsions.