Excess weight loss and hypernatremia in exclusively breastfed infants

• Main Authors: Susana Castilho (Author), Ana Margalha Miranda (Author), Cláudia Almeida Fernandes (Author), Manuel Cunha (Author), Rosalina Barroso (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hygeia Press di Corridori Marinella, 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Hypernatremic dehydration (HD) is a situation of high morbimortality in infants, and a crescent number of cases in exclusively breastfed infants has been reported. Research aim: To describe a cohort of exclusively breastfed infants with excessive weight loss (EWL) and/or HD, born at a Ba...