Why Plasma Electrolytes?

Effect of potassium on electrolytes of rat plasma and muscle.

Misleading plasma electrolytes in diabetic children with severe hyperlipidaemia.

Severe abnormalities of plasma electrolyte concentrations were observed in 4 children who had massive hyperlipidaemia secondary to poorly-controlled, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. These electrolyte values were fallacious and invoked problems of clinical management, particularly with regard to fluid replacement. Each case is described and the interpretation of plasma elecytolyte values in...

Precision of plasma urea and electrolytes estimated by the AutoAnalyzer.

The precision of sodium, potassium, chloride, and bicarbonate analyses carried out by the AutoAnalyzer has been studied under routine laboratory conditions. From the results it is concluded that a further increase in precision is desirable.

Why the Quark-Gluon Plasma Isn’t a Plasma

A major reason for studying the collisions of heavy nuclei at very high energies is the hope that we might observe a new state of matter, the “Quark-Gluon Plasma”. In this Proceeding I outline a different picture for the high temperature phase of SU(N) gauge theories: it isn’t a plasma — which in this case means a weakly interacting gas of essentially massive quasi-particles — but a condensate ...

Plasma renin activity, plasma angiotensin and plasma and urinary electrolytes in normal and toxaemic pregnancy, including a prospective study.

1. In a prospective study involving fifty-six women, measurements of body weight, urinary creatinine, sodium and potassium and plasma sodium, potassium and renin activity were made in mid-pregnancy and at 36 weeks. The effect of sodium restriction and sodium ldading on these measurements was assessed in midpregnancy. 2. Mean plasma renin activity was significantly high'er throughout pregnancy t...