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Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2003;88:F350 doi:10.1136/fn.88.4.F350
  • LETTER

Hypernatraemia in the first few days: a tragic case

  1. P D Macdonald1,
  2. Louise Grant2,
  3. S R M Ross2
  1. 1Southern General Hospital, Glasgow G51 4TF, UK; peter.macdonald@sgh.scot.nhs.uk
  2. 2Southern General Hospital, Glasgow G51 4TF, UK

      Laing and Wong1 highlight the fact that hypernatraemic dehydration can be difficult to recognise and may have serious consequences. We describe an extreme case.

      An 8 day old infant was admitted to hospital with a small haematemesis. She had lost 19% of her birth weight and her plasma sodium was 173 …

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