Scientific Papers
BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE VECTOR ANALYSIS TO EVALUATE RELATIVE HYDRATION STATUS.
The objective was to present our clinical experience with bioelectrical impedance vector analysis (BIVA). Forty-six patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) without oedema, 21 oedematous nephrotic children and 15 in remission from nephrotic syndrome were [...]
THE AMERICAN FOOTBALL UNIFORM: UNCOMPENSABLE HEAT STRESS AND HYPERTHERMIC EXHAUSTION
CONTEXT: In hot environments, the American football uniform predisposes athletes to exertional heat exhaustion or exercise-induced hyperthermia at the threshold for heat stroke (rectal temperature [T(re)] > 39 degrees C). OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the differential [...]
DIURNAL VARIATION IN TIME TO PRESYNCOPE AND ASSOCIATED CIRCULATORY CHANGES DURING A CONTROLLED ORTHOSTATIC CHALLENGE
Epidemiological data indicate that the risk of neurally mediated syncope is substantially higher in the morning. Syncope is precipitated by cerebral hypoperfusion, yet no chronobiological experiment has been undertaken to examine whether the major circulatory [...]
IS THERE STILL A ROLE FOR MEASURING SERUM UREA IN AN AGE OF EGFR? EVIDENCE OF ITS USE WHEN ASSESSING PATIENT HYDRATION.
BACKGROUND: With the current practice of using estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) for the assessment of renal function, serum urea is arguably a redundant test. However, with little evidence, it is purported that urea can [...]