The nitrogen to creatinine ratio in untimed samples of urine as an index of protein catabolism after surgery
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The nitrogen to creatinine ratio in untimed samples of urine as an index of protein catabolism after surgery.
The loss of nitrogen after surgery is said to be related to body size as well as to the magnitude of the metabolic effects of surgery. Urine nitrogen should be 'corrected' for body size before it can be taken as a guide to the severity of surgery in the individual. Twenty-three patients were studied after elective abdominal surgery of moderate severity, when they were having only 3 litres of de...
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1979
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.55.650.858