Neonatal Hypernatremic Dehydration Associated with Lactation Failure

Table 2

Subsequent laboratory investigations on a daily basis disclosed the following values (mmol/L).

	ALB	BUN	Cr	Tot. Bil	Na	K	Cl	Ca
Day 1		238	8.2	19.5	180	9.6	148	6.8
Day 2	2	211	6	15.4	168	7.1	129	9.6
Day 3	2.5	189	5.2	13.0	158	5.6	129	7.2
Day 4	2.5	168	4.2	11	150	5.3	121	7.8
Day 5	2.8	148	3.5	9	145	5.5	120	8,0
Day 6	3.0	114	2.1	6.0	143	5,4	117	8.0
Day 7	3.5	16	0.5	5.1	142	5.0	105	9.0