title: [Severe dehydration in a newborn following ambulatory birth].
abstract: A nine day-old girl was hospitalised because of breast-feeding problems and life-threatening hypernatremic dehydration; weight loss was 30% of birth weight and s-Na 187 mmol/l. The question is raised whether there could be an association to the current changes in the perinatal health care in Denmark. The case emphasizes the necessity of a sufficient safety net beneath the newborn children in order to minimise the risk of breast-feeding problems and re-hospitalizing. Neonatal problems such as marked weight loss, dehydration, hypernatremia and marked jaundice are potentially preventable.
authors.affiliation: Pædiatrisk Afdeling, Kolding Sygehus, Skovvangen 2-8, 6000 Kolding.
authors.forename: Lisbeth Marianne
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Thøstesen
authors.forename: Jesper
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fenger-Grøn
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care; D001942:Breast Feeding; D003681:Dehydration / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006955:Hypernatremia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D010359:Patient Readmission; D018743:Perinatal Care / Q000592:standards; D011181:Postnatal Care / Q000592:standards; D012307:Risk Factors; D012449:Safety