Hypernatremia is defined as plasma Na+ concentration above 145 meq/L (often due to absolute body water loss and not to total sodium excess). Nevertheless, when kidney damage is present, as occurs in renal diseases, hepatic cirrhosis and congestive heart failure, total body sodium can be increased. The present study evaluates the relationship between hypernatremia and response to anesthetic drug...

during a 6 year period from september 1992 to september 1998, 165 children with a final diagnosis of henoch-schonlein purpura (hsp) were managed and followed in our center. there were 87 (52%) boys and 78 (48%) girls, with age ranges of 1-16 years and mean age of 7.8 years. forty-one percent of the patients had evidence of preceding upper respiratory tract infection (uri). the main clinical fea...

During a 6 year period from September 1992 to September 1998, 165 children with a final diagnosis of Henoch-Schonlein purpura (HSP) were managed and followed in our center. There were 87 (52%) boys and 78 (48%) girls, with age ranges of 1-16 years and mean age of 7.8 years. Forty-one percent of the patients had evidence of preceding upper respiratory tract infection (URI). The main clinica...

Hypernatremia is defined as plasma Na+ concentration above 145 meq/L (often due to absolute body water loss and not to total sodium excess). Nevertheless, when kidney damage is present, as occurs in renal diseases, hepatic cirrhosis and congestive heart failure, total body sodium can be increased. The present study evaluates the relationship between hypernatremia and response to anesthetic drug...

This paper exploits rich SOEP microdata to analyze state-level variation in health care utilization in Germany. Unlike most studies in the field of the Small Area Variation (SAV) literature, our approach allows us to net out a large array of individual-level and state-level factors that may contribute to the geographic variation in health care utilization. The raw data suggest that state-level ...