Fatal Hypernatremic Dehydration in a Term Exclusively Breastfed Newborn

• Váldodahkkit: Christie del Castillo-Hegyi (Dahkki), Jennifer Achilles (Dahkki), B. Jody Segrave-Daly (Dahkki), Lynnette Hafken (Dahkki)
• Materiálatiipa: Girji
• Almmustuhtton: MDPI AG, 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Fáttát: article
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Hypernatremic dehydration in term newborns has steadily increased in incidence with increasing efforts to promote exclusive breastfeeding before hospital discharge, a key metric of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative. The following report details a case of a term newborn infant who had evidence of...