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[Hypernatremic dehydration and breastfeeding]
B Boumahni1, S Pyaraly, H Randrianaly
1Service de néonatologie et réanimation néonatale et infantile, centre hospitalier Sud-Réunion, BP 350, Saint-Pierre, la Réunion, France. boumahni@wanadoo.fr
Unlabelled:
Neonatal hypernatremic dehydration due to breast feeding was rarely reported in the French-language literature.
Case Report:
The authors report hypernatremic dehydration in a 10-day-old exclusively breast-fed infant. The course was favorable. Insufficient breast milk production has been reported for 30 years.
Conclusion:
Early discharge from maternity units is frequent nowadays. Breast-fed newborns without a positive weight gain at discharge should be checked for their weight within the first ten days of life.