Influence of laxatives on electrolyte and water balance in normal horses

Human Water and Electrolyte Balance

Water and electrolyte balance in disease.

Many medical and surgical emergencies are complicated by derangement of water and electrolyte balance, the successful management of which depends upon the rapid assessment of essential clinical and laboratory data, and the prompt institution of a certain pre-arranged routine of treatment. An attempt is made in this review to illustrate the application of physiological principles to specific cli...

critical period effects in foreign language learning:the influence of maturational state on the acquisition of reading,writing, and grammar in english as a foreign language

since the 1960s the age effects on learning both first and second language have been explored by many linguists and applied linguists (e.g lennerberg, 1967; schachter, 1996; long, 1990) and the existence of critical period for language acquisition was found to be a common ground of all these studies. in spite of some common findings, some issues about the impacts of age on acquiring a second or...

The influence of intrathoracic pressure on fluid and electrolyte balance.

s modem respiratory intensive care becomes A increasingly well defined as a subspecialty, it is important to critically evaluate the effect of various types of ventilatory support on the patient as a whole. One aspect of the general care of the respiratory patient with which the physician must deal is fluid and electrolyte balance. The original report of Sladen et al,' suggesting that sodium an...

Water-Electrolyte Balance in Blood Pressure Homeostasis

Water-Electrolyte Balance in Blood Pressure Homeostasis Much of what human life is about is water (60% of body mass) and a handful of solutes. Of the latter, main cations include sodium, potassium, calcium, and magnesium, and the anions include chloride, bicarbonate, phosphate and organic anions, and proteins. The concentrations of sodium (135–145 mmol/L) and chloride (95–106 mmol/L) predominat...