The established associations between blood pressure (BP) and electrolytes are mostly based on either dietary intake or urinary excretion data. We measured office BP, ambulatory BP (ABP) using the automated oscillometric ABPM-630 device, and plasma electrolytes in 82 essential hypertensive patients to examine the relation between BP and plasma electrolytes. Significant negative correlations were...

Rough electrodeposition, uncontrolled parasitic side-reactions with electrolytes and dendrite-induced short-circuits have hindered development of advanced energy storage technologies based on metallic lithium, sodium and aluminium electrodes. Solid polymer electrolytes and nanoparticle-polymer composites have shown promise as candidates to suppress lithium dendrite growth, but the challenge of ...

Shedding new light on conventional batteries sometimes inspires a chemistry adoptable for rechargeable batteries. Recently, the primary lithium-sulfur dioxide battery, which offers a high energy density and long shelf-life, is successfully renewed as a promising rechargeable system exhibiting small polarization and good reversibility. Here, we demonstrate for the first time that reversible oper...

Ion conducting polymer electrolytes composed of poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) (PVdF-HFP), poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and lithium triflate (LiTf) were prepared using the solution casting method. Structural change and complex formation in the blend electrolyte systems were confirmed from the X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and scann...

Lithium-air batteries have captured worldwide attention due to their highest energy density among the chemical batteries. To provide continuous oxygen channels, here, we synthesized hierarchical mesoporous perovskite La(0.5)Sr(0.5)CoO(2.91) (LSCO) nanowires. We tested the intrinsic oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) activity in both aqueous electrolytes and nona...

Ion distribution in aqueous electrolytes near the interface plays a critical role in electrochemical, biological and colloidal systems, and is expected to be particularly significant inside nanoconfined regions. Electroneutrality of the total charge inside nanoconfined regions is commonly assumed a priori in solving ion distribution of aqueous electrolytes nanoconfined by uncharged hydrophobic ...

This paper examines the surface-related capacitance C/S of carbons with average micropore widths between 0.73 and 1.80 nm, using 1-2M H2SO4, 6M KOH and 1M (C2H5)4NBF4 in acetonitrile as electrolytes. Following corrections for pseudocapacitance effects for the aqueous electrolytes and the use of an average surface area suggested by independent techniques, different from the BET area, it appears ...

DIFFERENCES have been noted between normotensive and hypertensive individuals in salt intake,' intracellular electrolytes,2 total body electrolytes,3 serum electrolytes,4 and the renal excretion of sodium and water.5 If changes in serum sodium concentration reflected intracelluar or metabolic alterations in electrolyte balance, an easily determined factor would be available for study of electro...

Introduction: Electrolyte abnormalities are one of the common reversible causes of morbidity. Inaccurate sodium results can lead to inappropriate fluid administration which can result in hypernatremia and abnormal levels of potassium can cause bradycardia, asystole and cardiac arrest. Fluctuation in potassium levels is also well-documented 1 during the course of cardiac resuscitation. Accurate ...

Electrolytes imbalance has been reported with the use of several antimicrobials. We report a case of severe hypokalemia secondary to piperacillin/tazobactam in a patient with normal renal function and normal serum potassium level who had presented with a fractured neck of femur. The electrolytes abnormality was corrected once piperacillin/tazobactam was stopped. To our knowledge, this is the fi...