Scientific Papers
Dehydration among long-term care elderly patients with oropharyngeal dysphagia
INTRODUCTION: Long-term care (LTC) residents, especially the orally fed with dysphagia, are prone to dehydration. The clinical consequences of dehydration are critical. The validity of the common laboratory parameters of hydration status is far from [...]
Effect of exercise-induced dehydration on lactate parameters during incremental exercise.
Cyclists often use heart rate limits or power output zones, obtained from lactate parameters during incremental exercise testing, to control training intensity. However, the relationship between heart rate or power output, and blood lactate can [...]
Dehydration and heat-related death: sweat lodge syndrome
A 37-year-old Caucasian male died of dehydration and heat exposure following a sweat lodge ceremony in outback Australia. The case demonstrates difficulties that may arise in the determination of the cause of death at autopsy [...]
Hypernatremic dehydration in the newborn period and long-term follow up.
BACKGROUND: Hypernatremic dehydration due to inadequate fluid intake can be a significant problem during the neonatal period and thereafter. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the term newborn infants admitted to Gazi [...]