The effect of Ramadan fasting on various blood and urinary parameters.
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Medical sports injuries in the youth athlete: emergency management.
As the number of youth sports participants continues to rise over the past decade, so too have sports related injuries and emergency department visits. With low levels of oversight and regulation observed in youth sports, the responsibility for safety education of coaches, parents, law makers, organizations and institutions falls largely on the sports medicine practitioner. [...]
“Dehydration treatment practices among pediatrics-trained and non-pediatrics trained emergency physicians. “
OBJECTIVES: We sought to survey emergency physicians in the United States regarding the management of pediatric dehydration secondary to acute gastroenteritis. We hypothesized that responses from physicians with dedicated pediatric training (PT), that is, board certification in pediatrics or pediatric emergency medicine, would differ from responses of physicians with no dedicated pediatric training (non-PT). METHODS: [...]
The Influence of Personality and Health Beliefs on Maintaining Proper Hydration
The present study was designed to examine factors that could facilitate or impede adherence to proper hydration. Forty volunteers (20 male, 20 female) were randomly assigned to one of two groups: Informed Group (n = 20) and Uninformed Group (n = 20). Bioelectrical impedance was used to measure intracellular (ICW) and extracellular (ECW) body water [...]
Effects of Ramadan upon fluid and food intake, fatigue, and physical, mental, andsocial activities: a comparison between the UK and Libya.
Two studies were performed during Ramadan, one in the UK (N=31) and the other in Libya (N=33). The aims were to assess some changes to lifestyle that are produced by fasting as well as effects due to culture. Subjects were studied on eight separate occasions: four control days (two before and two after Ramadan) and four days during the four weeks of Ramadan itself. [...]
Water: a neglected nutrient in the young child? A South African perspective
Water is considered an essential nutrient because the body cannot produce enough water itself, by metabolism of food, to fulfil its need. When the quantity or quality of water is inadequate, health problems result, most notably dehydration and diarrhoea. As a result of contaminated water and poor hygiene, related infections are still a serious problem. Indeed, in theSouth African setting water availability and sanitation are critical issues because [...]
HEART RATE RESPONSES AND FLUID BALANCE OF COMPETITIVE CROSS-COUNTRY HANG GLIDING PILOTS
PURPOSE: To evaluate the physiological challenges of competitive cross-country hang gliding. METHODS: Seventeen experienced male pilots (age=41+/-9 y; mean+/-SD) were fitted with a monitor that recorded heart rate and altitude at 0.5 Hz throughout a competitive flight. Fluid losses were evaluated by comparing pilot pre- and postflight mass. RESULTS: The pilots' displacement was 88.4+/-43.7 km [...]
ANESTHESIA IN PATIENTS WITH ANOREXIA NERVOSA AND BULIMIA NERVOSA
Eating disorders are typical diseases of adolescence and early adulthood. About 1-3% of female juveniles suffer from anorexia nervosa (AN) or bulimia nervosa (BN). Today AN is still the psychiatric disease with the highest mortality rate. The peri-operative mortality rate of patients suffering from AN is in the range up to 15%. The beginning of [...]
EFFECT OF THERMO-COUPLED PROCESSES ON THE BEHAVIOUR OF A CLAY BARRIER SUBMITTED TO HEATING AND HYDRATION
The storage of high level radioactive waste is still an unresolved problem of the nuclear industry, being geological disposal the most favoured option and, naturally, the one requiring the strongest geo-mechanical input. Most conceptual designs for the deep geological disposal of nuclear waste envisage placing the canisters containing the waste in horizontal drifts or vertical [...]
WATER IN NUTRITIONAL HEALTH OF INDIVIDUALS AND HOUSEHOLDS: AN OVERVIEW
This paper gives an overview of human water requirements (Part 1) and water quality for nutritional health (Part 2). A balance between water input and water output is needed to maintain a normal hydration status. Water requirements of individuals differ in different stages and circumstances in the healthy life cycle, e.g. childhood, pregnancy and lactation [...]