[A case of hypernatremic dehydration due to breast-feeding].
The authors report an 11-day-old exclusively breast-fed female, with a birth weight of 3 300 g, who had suffered from dehydration stage I, with acute renal failure and metabolic acidosis, with 170 mmol/L of serum sodium. Renal ultrasounds were normal but the rate of sodium in mother's milk was three times higher than controls (87 versus 21 mmol/L). Intravenous rehydration allowed the correction of hydroelectrolytic disorders.
Marzouk
M
M
Laboratoire de biochimie-toxicologie, Hôpital universitaire de Monastir, Tunisia.
Neffati
F
F
Khelifa
H
H
Douki
W
W
Monastiri
K
K
Gueddiche
M N
MN
Ben Amor
A
A
Najjar
M F
MF
D001942:Breast Feeding / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003681:Dehydration / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006955:Hypernatremia / Q000209:etiology*; D007231:Infant, Newborn