Hypernatremia in Breastfed Newborns: a Review of 149 Cases
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Fatima Akcay; Hakan Altindag; Leyla Bilgin; Konca Altinkaynak
- Source
- Journal of Tropical Pediatrics. 58:332-334
- Subject
- Male
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
Turkey
Population
Breastfeeding
Breast milk
Tertiary care
Birth rate
Risk Factors
Weight Loss
Prevalence
Humans
Medicine
education
Retrospective Studies
education.field_of_study
Hypernatremia
Dehydration
business.industry
Infant, Newborn
Retrospective cohort study
medicine.disease
Hospital care
Hospitalization
Breast Feeding
Infectious Diseases
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Female
business
Maternal Age
- Language
- ISSN
- 1465-3664
0142-6338
Inadequate transfer of breast milk may cause hypernatremic dehydration in neonates and is a potentially devastating condition. This study aimed to assess the frequency risk factors complaints and complications of hypernatremia among hospitalized breastfed neonates at a neonatal tertiary care center in the Northeast of Turkey. Neonatal hypernatremia is a frequent reason for hospitalization in the newborn unit at the Turkish hospital. However as birth rates are excessive in this region it is compulsory to discharge babies without 24 hours of hospital care after birth. For this reason the pressing issue is the education of mothers on signs of successful breastfeeding.