Scientific Papers
Hypernatraemic dehydration in Jamaican breastfed neonates: a 12-year review in a baby-friendly hospital.
A 12-year retrospective review of neonates admitted with hypernatraemic dehydration to the neonatal unit of the University Hospital of the West Indies was conducted between 1 January 1990 and 31 December 2001. Twenty-four infants fulfilled [...]
Outcomes related to dehydration in the pediatric population.
The purpose of this pilot study was twofold: 1) to determine whether there was a statistically significant difference in nursing-sensitive patient outcome ratings from admission to discharge, and 2) to describe nursing interventions used to [...]
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 [...]
Reference chart for relative weight change to detect hypernatraemic dehydration.
OBJECTIVE: The validity of the rule of thumb that infants may have a weight loss of 10% in the first days after birth is unknown. We assessed the validity of this and other rules to [...]