Dehydration

Infant health research

The research below covers hypernatraemic dehydration.

Severe neonatal hypernatraemia: a population based study

This research shows that if mothers do not get adequate support to establish breastfeeding properly, then complications can sometimes arise such as dehydration, which can lead to severe hypernatraemia. Read the Baby Friendly Initiative’s full analysis of this study.

Oddie, S, et al (2012). Severe neonatal hypernatraemia: a population based study. ADC Fetal and Neonatal, doi:10.1136/archdischild-2012-302908.

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