Scientific Papers
Impact of an early weighing policy on neonatal hypernatraemic dehydration and breast feeding
AIMS: To ascertain the effect of a policy of early weighing on the detection and severity of neonatal hypernatraemic dehydration (NHD) and on breastfeeding rates in the short and medium term. METHODS: A policy of [...]
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 [...]
Influence of moderate dehydration on soccer performance: physiological responses to 45 min of outdoor match-play and the immediate subsequent performance of sport-specific and mental concentration tests
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether moderate water loss (approximately 1.5-2% of body mass (BM)) represents a significant impairment to soccer match-play and the related fitness variables. METHODS: 11 moderately active male soccer players (mean (SD) age [...]