title: Hypernatraemia as a cause of intracranial haemorrhage.
abstract: 29 definite intracranial haemorrhages and 4 suspected ones occurred during a 25-month period during which 10 072 live infants were born. There were 4 subdural haemorrhages (all fatal), 4 isolated subarachnoid haemorrhages (2 fatal), and 21 intraventricular haemorrhages (all fatal--2 beyond the neonatal period). There was no evidence of a causal relation between intraventricular haemorrhage and either hypernatraemia or large sodium intakes. There were too few cases of other types of intracranial haemorrhage to draw any aetiological conclusions.
mesh_terms: D001724:Birth Weight; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases; D012964:Sodium / Q000097:blood; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D012964:Sodium