PURPOSE A recent study demonstrated improvement in nocturnal urgency in patients with overactive bladder when treated with fesoterodine. In the current study we aimed to determine which bladder diary parameters predict the response to fesoterodine in these patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients with nocturnal urgency completed a 2-week, single-blind placebo run-in followed by 1:1 double-bli...

background and objectives: analytical methods for volatile organic compounds (vocs) in different samples need extraction of compounds, by applying hazardous solvents. solid phase micro-extraction (spme) is a solvent-free equilibrium extraction method, in which proper calibration can allow quantitative determinations of vocs at a very good sensitivity without the use of any organic solvent. vocs...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether intraoperative fluid management affects urine output in patients undergoing laparoscopic bariatric operations. DESIGN Randomized controlled trial. SETTING Academic tertiary referral center. PATIENTS Morbidly obese patients scheduled to undergo laparoscopic bariatric procedures. INTERVENTIONS Patients were randomly assigned to receive intraoperatively high ...

Hypertonic solutions play an important role in the treatment of tissue edema. Following the induction of experimental vasogenic brain edema by occlusion of the common carotid arteries in eight rabbits, the effect of hypertonic lactated Ringer's solution (subjects), vs. isotonic lactated Ringer's solution (control), was studied on blood pressure, electrolyte (sodium, potassium, and calcium) ...

BACKGROUND Increasing evidence is linking fluid intake, vasopressin suppression and osmotic control with chronic kidney disease progression. Interestingly, the association between urine volume, urine osmolarity and risk of dialysis initiation has not been studied in chronic kidney disease patients before. OBJECTIVE To study the relationship between urine volume, urine osmolarity and the risk ...

New equipment to evaluate the urine transport function of the ureteropelvic system has been developed. Simultaneous measurement of urine bolus volume and electrical activity in the ureter is possible by means of this equipment. A urine bolus volume measuring system, which is based on the heat electrical method, is located in the probe tip, and bipolar electrodes for EMG are located in the stem ...