Hydration and acute confusion in long-term care residents.

Although it is generally appropriate for a healthy adult to consume 2000 to 2500 ml per day, the literature does not address evaluating any standard. The objective here was to develop a weight-based hydration management intervention and evaluate the impact of this on the incidence of acute confusion (AC) using an N = 98. The [...]

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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) of a premiership soccer team with a mean age of 22.6 (+/-4.9) years old, height of 177.8 (+/-7.1)cm and sum [...]

By |2013-01-31T09:55:08+00:00enero 31st, 2013|Assessment methodologies, Scientific papers|0 Comments

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 patients are more often hypovolemic, reflecting depletion of water from the extracellular space due to excessive loss, such as from [...]

By |2013-01-31T09:55:08+00:00enero 31st, 2013|Cancer, Scientific papers|0 Comments

Serum markers of chronic dehydration are associated with saliva spinability

Findings of a relationship between saliva and dehydration have been observed, but the precise nature of these relationships is unclear and no evidence of a direct link has been found. In particular, no study reports a relationship between chronic dehydration and saliva conditions in community-dwelling older adults. This study aimed to identify whether salivary conditions [...]

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Aortic and cerebral trombosis caused by hypernatremic dehydration in an exclusively breast-fed infant

Complete aortic thrombosis is rare in neonates. Because it carries high morbidity and mortality, this entity requires aggressive and early treatment. This report describes an 8-day-old healthy and exclusively breast-fed infant, without specific coagulopathy, who developed complete aortic and cerebral venous thrombosis, which was attributed to inadequate breast-feeding and severe hypernatremic dehydration. Early systemic anticoagulation [...]

Usefulness of the serum electrolyte panel in the management of pediatric dehydration treated with intravenously administered fluids.

BACKGROUND: The serum electrolyte panel (SEP) is a frequently ordered laboratory test, but it has unproven usefulness in the treatment of dehydrated pediatric patients. Our study purpose was to evaluate the usefulness of routinely ordering a SEP in the treatment of dehydrated pediatric patients receiving intravenous fluids (IVFs). METHODS: Children 2 months to 9 years [...]

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Moderate hypernatremic dehydration in newborn infants: retrospective evaluation of 64 cases.

OBJECTIVES: This study was carried out to assess the incidence, presenting complaints, risk factors, and methods for prevention of hypernatremic dehydration among term and near-term breastfeeding infants. METHODS: We retrospectively evaluated term and near-term (> or =35 weeks of gestation) neonates admitted to our neonatology department, during a four-year period with serum sodium concentrations of [...]

Two percent dehydration impairs and six percent carbohydrate drink improves boys basketball skills.

PURPOSE: To determine the effects of exercise heat-induced two percent dehydration (DEH) and euhydration (EUH) with a six percent carbohydrate-electrolyte solution (CES) compared with placebo EUH (P EUH) on basketball skills in skilled young players. METHODS: Fifteen 12- to 15-yr-old boys underwent three separate 2-h exercise heat exposures (double blind, random order): 2% DEH by [...]

By |2013-01-31T09:55:08+00:00enero 31st, 2013|Children, Scientific papers|0 Comments

Hypernatremic dehydration associated with breast-feeding

BACKGROUND: During the last 10 years the number of publications reporting a rise in the incidence of hypernatremia in children who are exclusively breast-fed has increased. OBJECTIVE: To report the results of a series of cases detected in a district hospital in the last 6 years in order to better delineate the clinical characteristics of [...]