The urine/plasma electrolyte ratio: A predictive guide to water restriction

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 319, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 240-244

  Furst, Howard ^a   Hallows, Kenneth R ^a   Post, Jarrod ^a   Chen, Sheldon ^a   Kotzker, Wayne ^a   Goldfarb, Stanley ^a   Ziyadeh, Fuad N ^a   Neilson, Eric G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrolyte free water clearance; Hyponatremia; Hypotonicity; Water intoxication

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION;

ADULT; AGED; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; POTASSIUM URINE LEVEL; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; URINE VOLUME; WATER DEPRIVATION; WATER INTOXICATION; WATER LOSS; WATER METABOLISM;

EID: 0034045648     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9629(15)40736-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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