Scientific Papers
Disordered water metabolism: hyponatremia.
Normal osmoregulation is maintained by the proper function and interplay of factors influencing thirst, renal water metabolism, and vasopressin secretion. In pathophysiologic states, body water homeostasis is disrupted and hyponatremia ensures. Hyponatremia associated with cardiac [...]
HYPERTHERMIA AND DEHYDRATION-RELATED DEATHS ASSOCIATED WITH INTENTIONAL RAPID WEIGHT LOSS IN THREE COLLEGIATE WRESTLERSA—NORTH CAROLINA, WISCONSIN, AND MICHIGAN, NOVEMBERA–DECEMBER 1997
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). During November 7-December 9, 1997, three previously healthy collegiate wrestlers in different states died while each was engaged in a program of rapid weight loss to qualify for [...]
Water metabolism in historical perspectives: its research in the past and present.
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MATERNAL HYDRATION STATUS AFFECTS RENAL PELVIC-CALYCEAL DIAMETER IN PREGNANCY.
Our objective was to evaluate the effect of maternal hydration status on the maternal renal collecting system during the third trimester of pregnancy. Thirty-five patients with uncomplicated singleton pregnancies were studied between 28 and 40 [...]