BACKGROUND/AIMS: To construct a reference growth chart for breast-fed infants between postnatal day 2 and 11 and to assess its validity in detecting infants with hypernatraemic dehydration. The ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A dehydration scale should not be the only measure of dehydration in pediatric patients because these results ...

In 1978 and 1979 Syntex, Inc. manufactured two soy-based infant formulas which lacked adequate chloride. A number of small studies have suggested that children who ingested these formulas may have ...