Scientific Papers
Rehospitalization for neonatal dehydration: a nested case-control study.
OBJECTIVES: To determine the incidence of neonatal dehydration leading to rehospitalization, whether clinical and health services data could predict its occurrence, and the outcome of dehydrated infants. METHODS: We employed a retrospective case-control design nested [...]
Neonatal neurologic damage after dehydration.
Neurologic damage secondary to dehydration occurs in one of two ways; there can be circulatory shock with hypoxic damage, or a hypernatremic state with cerebral hemorrhage and sometimes thrombosis. The shock variety is most often [...]
Severe hypernatremic dehydration secondary to undetected lactation failure: usefulness of sodium levels in breast milk.
There is a concern that lactation failure and neonatal morbidity might be more common than previously thought. Maybe the early discharge, the lack of timely follow-up, or poor information during pregnancy or after delivery play [...]
Incidence of dehydration and hypernatremia in exclusively breast-fed infants.
OBJECTIVES: To verify in exclusively breast-fed, term infants the incidence of hypernatremic dehydration and identify possible maternal and/or infant factors that interfere with successful breast-feeding. STUDY DESIGN: We prospectively included all healthy breast-fed neonates referred [...]