Hypernatraemia in infants as a cause of brain damage.
Open Access
- 1 October 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 42 (225) , 485-491
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.42.225.485
Abstract
An attempt has been made to determine the late effects of hypernatremia in infancy by following up 122 children who were in hospital 1 1/2 to 8 years previously and assessing their neurological condition. Of 100 who had no history of antecedent nervous disease, and who were traced, 16 were thought to have sustained brain damage; 8 were alive and 8 dead. Brain damage from hypematremia is probably of early onset in many cases, and prevention offers better hope of reducing its incidence than treatment of established hyper-natremia. Preventive measures are discussed.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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