Clinical benefits of hydration and volume expansion in a wide range of illnesses may be attributable to reduction of sympatho-vagal ratio

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 646-650

  Yun, A Joon ^a   Lee, Patrick Y ^a   Bazar, Kimberly A ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b San Mateo Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPOTONIC SOLUTION; INFUSION FLUID; ISOTONIC SOLUTION; NEUROHORMONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TOXIN;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CANCER; DEHYDRATION; DILUTION; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FLUID RETENTION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEART DISEASE; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHESIS; HYPOVOLEMIA; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MODULATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; ONCOLOGY; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM RESTRICTION; STOMACH DISTENSION; STROKE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TH2 CELL; THEORY; THROMBOSIS; VAGUS TONE; VEIN PUNCTURE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ASTHMA; BLOOD VOLUME; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY DISEASE; DISEASE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 11144284929     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2004.07.014     Document Type: Article

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