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Factors predisposing to hypernatraemic dehydration
| Prematurity | Small mass relative to surface area |
| Immaturity of renal function | |
| Increased insensible water loss | Prolonged fever hyperventilation |
| Hyperventilation | |
| Salicylate toxicity | |
| Low humidity | |
| High-solute load in feeding | |
| Cessation of intake |
