Although a protocol for immediate postoperative thirst management has been applied clinically in discrete way, most surgical and nursing teams remain neglected, unlike other complications the period. This pilot study aimed to demonstrate if ice popsicles promote satiety subsequently investigate mechanism involved this process. Twenty-five volunteers period were recruited participate conducted t...

BACKGROUND Thirst and dry mouth are common among hemodialysis (HD) patients. This paper reports a study to evaluate the impact of an acupressure program on HD patients' thirst and salivary flow rates. METHODS The acupressure program included placebo, followed by true acupressure each applied for 4 weeks. Twenty-eight patients (mean age 57.6, SD = 16.13 years) first received a sticker as place...

Thirst and resultant water drinking can arise in response to deficits in both the intracellular and extracellular fluid compartments. Inhibitory influences mediating the satiation of thirst also are necessary to prevent overhydration. The brain regions that underpin the generation or inhibition of thirst in these circumstances can be categorized as sensory, integrative, or cortical effector sit...

PURPOSE Thirst has been reported as an important source of distress for patients on hemodialysis. However, there is no instrument available that assesses thirst distress of Turkish patients on hemodialysis. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the Thirst Distress Scale (TDS-T) for patients on hemodialysis. METHODS This study was...

The pattern of regional brain activation in humans during thirst associated with dehydration, increased blood osmolality, and decreased blood volume is not known. Furthermore, there is little information available about associations between activation in osmoreceptive brain regions such as the organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis and the brain regions implicated in thirst and its satiati...

Thirst is sensed by two distinct types of stimuli – osmotic and hypovolaemic. The authors show that in mice these act via separate mechanisms neuron types, lead to drinking behavioural responses. High blood osmolality induces thirst drives water consumption. By contrast, hypovolaemia intake both salt-containing solutions.

BACKGROUND Interdialytic weight gain (IDWG) can be reduced by lowering the dialysate sodium concentration ([Na]) in haemodialysis patients. It has been assumed that this is because thirst is reduced, although this has been difficult to prove. We compared thirst patterns in stable haemodialysis patients with high and low IDWG using a novel technique and compared the effect of low sodium dialysis...