Regulation of electrolyte and fluid metabolism in multi-stage ultra-marathoners

Hormone and Metabolic Research

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 919-926

  Knechtle, B ^a,b   Knechtle, P ^a   Rust C A ^b   Gnadinger M ^b   Imoberdorf, R ^c   Kohler, G ^d   Rosemann, T ^b   Ballmer, P ^c  

^a Gesundheitszentrum St Gallen ^*  (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Chefarzt Klinik für Innere Medizin   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

body mass; dehydration; fluid overload; heat; sodium

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; UREA;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CEREBRAL SALT WASTING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; ELECTROLYTE METABOLISM; EXERCISE ASSOCIATED HYPONATREMIA; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; INAPPROPRIATE VASOPRESSIN SECRETION; MALE; MARATHON RUNNER; METABOLIC REGULATION; PLASMA VOLUME; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; POTASSIUM URINE LEVEL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE DENSITY; REST; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE OSMOLALITY;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ATHLETES; HUMANS; HYPERURICEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; INAPPROPRIATE ADH SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; POTASSIUM; PREVALENCE; RUNNING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SODIUM; SPECIFIC GRAVITY; SWITZERLAND; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 84869495760     PISSN: 00185043     EISSN: 14394286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1312647     Document Type: Article

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