Affiliations: Department of Pediatrics, Sheri-Kashmir Institute of
Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Kashmir, India
Note: [] Correspondence: Mushtaq Ahmad Bhat, M.D., Department of
Pediatrics, Sheri-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Kashmir
190011, India. E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract: Inadequate exclusive breast-feed is associated with many
complications in neonates, which sometimes become life threatening.
Hypernatremia is one of the commonest complications, which in severe cases may
be associated with recurrent seizures, sinus thrombosis, arterial thrombosis
etc. However, intracranial hemorrhage is rarely seen. We present three neonates
with severe hypernatremia secondary to inadequate exclusive breast-feed, two of
whom developed intracranial hemorrhage during hospital stay with review of
literature.
