Abstract The Asia-Pacific contains over half of the world's population, 21 countries have a
Gross Domestic Product< 25% of the world's largest economy, many countries have tropical …

To regulate the body's electrolytes and acid-base and volume status the kidneys adjust
urinary excretion. Urine biochemistry can provide important ancillary diagnostic information …

Assessment of urine concentrations of sodium, chloride, and potassium is a widely
available, rapid, and low-cost diagnostic option for the management of critically ill patients …

The aetiology of normotensive hypokalaemic metabolic alkalosis is sometimes not
obtainable from the history. Observations in adults indicate that the urinary chloride …

Home parenteral nutrition (HPN) is necessary for patients with prolonged intestinal failure
which can be secondary to a variety of pathophysiological mechanisms or surgical …

Background The efficacy of different commercial beverage compositions for meeting oral
rehydration therapy (ORT) goals in the treatment of acute dehydration in healthy humans …

This study was designed to determine whether expression of renal messenger RNA (mRNA)
encoding the two known angiotensin II type 1 (AT1) receptor subtypes (AT1A and AT1B) can …

Discussion Adenomas are dysplastic, premalignant growths of the colon and rectum found
in 30% of all screening colonoscopies. 1 They are classified according to their pathologic …

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Preeclampsia is a pregnancy-specific disease characterized by concurrent development of
hypertension, proteinuria, and oxidative stress in the placenta. In this study, we induced …