Affiliation:
1. Department of Pediatrics University of Tennessee Health Science Center Memphis Tennessee USA
2. Department of Pediatrics Le Bonheur Children's Hospital Memphis Tennessee USA
Abstract
AbstractA 4‐month‐old previously healthy female presented with persistent nonbloody, nonbilious emesis, decreased urine output, weight loss, fussiness, and lethargy. Serum levels of calcium were increased at 14.1 mg/dL, serum phosphate decreased at 1.6 mg/dL, and serum parathyroid hormone decreased at <4 pg/mL. The patient had been consuming unsweetened almond milk due to inability to find infant formula during a national infant formula shortage. Milk alternatives including almond milk are calorie‐poor, low fat, low protein, and too high in free water and calcium to safely be the primary nutrition source for infants.
Subject
General Earth and Planetary Sciences,General Environmental Science
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