Water and Electrolyte Metabolism–II

Electrolyte and Water Excretion

The increased capacity of hypertensive subjects to excrete sodium is frequently reduced by effective antihypertensive drug treatment. This reduction in sodium excretion is not necessarily associated with changes in renal hemodynamic function or resting sodium excretion. It appears to result from an alteration in renal tubular activity. The findings suggest that the arterial pressure per se may ...

Water and Electrolyte Metabolism II

I have followed the lysosome field since it was proposed as a concept by deDuve and his co-workers in 1955 and find this collection of papers by workers in that field an interesting addition that has many sparkling con-addition, of course, to deDuve, to name a few) but it also has several several shortcomings. For the uninitiated (and there are surprisingly many for whom "lysosome" is a new wor...

Human Water and Electrolyte Balance

Electrolyte and body water changes after trauma.

It has been known for a long time now that patients commonly gain sodium and chloride after injuries and surgery. It is also well known that despite this fact, the level of sodium in extracellular fluid very often falls, and is ascribed to a relatively greater gain of water than of salt, with resulting dilution of body fluids. However, the not uncommon associated rise in potassium and bicarbona...

Water and Electrolyte Studies in Cholera.