Scientific Papers
Dehydration and provision of fluids in palliative care. What is the evidence?
OBJECTIVE: To provide a clinical review of issues surrounding reduced fluid intake in palliative care patients and a practical approach to care for these patients. DATA SOURCES: Medline was searched from 1980 to 1995 for [...]
Fluid shifts and hydration state: effects of long-term exercise.
During exercise, increased capillary hydrostatic pressure caused by elevation of arterial pressure produces plasma volume shifts from the vascular space to the interstitial fluids. Following a rapid efflux of vascular fluid within minutes of exercise, [...]
A child with dehydration and severe hypernatraemia.
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A prospective clinical study of patients with hypernatraemic dehydration.
In a clinical prospective 3-year study of 158 children aged 2 weeks to 14 years with hypernatraemic dehydration (serum sodium 150 mmol/l or more), infants predominated (61.4%). The 158 children with hypernatraemia accounted for 13.7% [...]