Scientific Papers
Economic burden of dehydration among hospitalized elderly patients
PURPOSE: The cost of unnecessary hospitalizations associated with dehydration in elderly patients was studied. METHODS: The study involved a retrospective examination of 1999 data on hospital discharges from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Nationwide [...]
The use of body mass changes as a practical measure of dehydration in team sports.
Body mass changes, hematocrit, specific gravity and urine colour were recorded during two games of soccer to determine which of these methods was the most practical in a field setting for monitoring dehydration. Members (n=13) [...]
Hypovolemia and dehydration in the oncology patient
Dehydration is commonly but often inappropriately diagnosed in cancer patients. Dehydration is the loss of water from the intracellular compartment due to hypernatremia. Dehydration can occur among patients who are hypervolemic, euvolemic, or hypovolemic. Cancer [...]