PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Walker, Stuart H.
TI  - Letters to the Editors
DP  - 1982 Apr 01
TA  - Pediatrics
PG  - 503--504
VI  - 69
IP  - 4
4099  - http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/69/4/503.3.short
4100  - http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/69/4/503.3.full
SO  - Pediatrics1982 Apr 01; 69
AB  - My letter1 called attention to the frequency with which in the United States hypernatremia has been associated with the unsupervised administration of solutions containing sodium in amounts as low as 20 to 50 mmoles/liter.2,3 It has not been demonstrated that solutions similar to that recommended by the World Health Organization (80 to 90 mmoles of sodium per liter), designed for supervised use in the management of the infantile diarrheas of developing countries, are safe in unsupervised use in the United States.