In recent years the clinical significance of the electrolyte balance of the blood has become increasingly realized, and was the subject of a leader in the Lancet. This has also been stressed by other workers (Baumann, 1952; Black, 1953; Graham, 1954; Wynn and Rob, 1954). The following investigation was carried out with a view to finding whether a rapid screening test could be of practical clini...

Caffeine is regarded as a diuretic despite evidence that hydration is not impaired with habitual ingestion. The purpose of this study was to determine whether a caffeinated sports drink impairs fluid delivery and hydration during exercise in warm, humid conditions (28.5 degrees C, 60% relative humidity). Sixteen cyclists completed 3 trials: placebo (P), carbohydrate-electrolyte (CE), and caffei...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the diagnostic value of serum concentrations of total magnesium (tMg) and ionized magnesium (iMg), concentrations of magnesium (Mg) in muscle, intracellular Mg (icMg) concentrations, urinary Mg excretion (EMg), Mg clearance (CMg), and fractional clearance of Mg (FCMg) in horses fed diets with Mg content above and below National Research Council recommendations. ANIMALS 9...

THE purpose of this study is to correlate changes observed in the electrocardiogram with varying concentrations of serum potassium in commonly encountered clinical conditions. There has been much discussion and some disagreement in the literature concerning electrocardiographic criteria for hypokalemia. Many studies have dealt with the combination of 2 decidedly different aspects of hypokalemic...

In their recent studies (20) on the water and electrolyte distribution between cells and serum, Van Slyk‘e, Wu, and McLean assumed for their theoretical considerations that the red hlood cells were impermeable to the cations sodium and potassium. They showed that when the serum anion concentration was changed in .whole blood COz saturation experiments, the reestablishment of electrolyte equilib...

BACKGROUND/AIMS To investigate abnormalities in blood electrolyte levels during severe hypoglycemia in Korean patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in a clinical setting. METHODS Blood electrolyte levels in adult T2DM patients during severe hypoglycemia were collected from January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2012. Patients who maintained normal serum creatinine and blood urea nitrogen lev...

To alter the natural history of congestive heart failure and change the poor prognosis for patients with this condition will require new insights into its pathogenesis as well as the development of strategies to alter the neurohumeral and serum electrolyte abnormalities associated with congestive heart failure, which are often exaggerated by current therapeutic approaches. Although improvement ...

The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) appears to contribute significantly to osmoregulation of fasting northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) pups; however, RAAS has not been characterized in fasting adult seals. Therefore, this study examined the contribution of RAAS to water turnover rates in fasting adult male northern elephant seals. Blood samples were obtained twice dur...

We report a case with severe electrolyte disturbance after the use of oral sodium phosphate solution (OSPS). A 69-year-old patient on haemodialysis received 45 mL of OSPS for bowel preparation. He had symptomatic hypocalcaemia with a serum calcium level of 0.95 mmol/L and serum phosphate level of 4.73 mmol/L. He was treated with haemodialysis and intravenous calcium supplementation. This patien...