Dehydration despite drinking: Beyond the BUN/Creatinine ratio

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 5, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Robinson, Bruce E ^a,b,c   Weber, Herman ^a  

^a SARASOTA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Memorial Healthcare System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; UREA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEHYDRATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRINKING; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; NURSING HOME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEPSIS; UREA CYCLE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; UREMIA; VASOMOTOR DISORDER; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UREA;

EID: 1642394081     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-8610(04)70100-0     Document Type: Article

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