CONTEXT Aldosterone levels increase during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle. Prior studies examining relationships between aldosterone and female sex hormones did not control for sodium balance, a major determinant of aldosterone production. OBJECTIVES The objectives of this study were 1) to compare aldosterone levels between menstrual phases among cycling women in high- and low-sodium...

BACKGROUND Sodium bicarbonate is despite its side effects, considered the standard alkali therapy in metabolic acidosis. THAM is an alternative alkalizing agent; however, there are limited data on the use of THAM in metabolic acidosis. The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy and adverse effects of a single dose of sodium bicarbonate and THAM in intensive care unit (ICU) patients with ...

Sir, We congratulate Mathur and Pai for their interesting article entitled, “Comparison of serum sodium and potassium levels in patients with senile cataract and age‐matched individuals without cataract,”[1] in which they noted significantly higher mean serum sodium levels in individuals above 50 years of age with cataract than in age‐matched individuals without cataract; however, mean serum po...

background: aflatoxin-contaminated feed cause mortality, suppression of the immune system, reduced growth rates and losses in feed efficiency. an experiment was conducted to evaluate the ability of different levels of sodium bentonite (sb), silybummarianum seeds (sms) and their combination for reducing the adverse effects of aflatoxin b1 (afb1) in broiler chicks. materials and methods: 224 male...

Primary hypertension comprises of more than 90% of hypertension. Many studies have shown that a positive correlation between serum sodium and blood pressure and a negative correlation between blood pressure and serum potassium. The objective is to study the serum levels of sodium and potassium and correlate them with blood pressure. The study was conducted in medical wards at Mamata general hos...

background: hyponatremia has poor outcomes in other cardiopulmonary disorders, but its predictive value in predicting mortality of patients with acute pulmonary embolism is unknown. so, we evaluate the mortality of inpatients diagnosed with pulmonary embolism (pe) who had hyponatremia at the time of admission. materials and methods: by conducting a cohort study in patients with acute pulmonary ...

AIM Iron deficiency stimulates fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) transcription. This study aimed to determine whether oral ferrous iron (Fe2+ ) reduces the serum FGF23 levels of iron-deficient maintenance haemodialysis (MHD) patients in the same way as oral ferric iron (Fe3+ ) METHODS: Thirty-one MHD patients with iron deficiency were enrolled in this prospective study. Patients who had taken...