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Infant's Fontanelles Depressed Bulging Infant Dehydrated Indicative Increased

Front If an infant's fontanelles' is depressed or bulging, what does that mean?
Back If these are depressed, the infant is most likely dehydrated.
These bulging is indicative of increased intracranial pressure.

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