{"title":"Clinical value of urinary sodium and potassium content determinations in severely burned patients.","authors":"W Zietkiewicz, E Kostrzewska","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In 15 severely burned patients the concentrations of sodium and potassium were determined in 605 urine samples. Concentrations of both electrolytes were reduced. A decrease in urinary sodium concentration below 10 mEq/l, persisting during several days, was an unfavorable prognostic sign. Low urinary potassium concentrations (below 10-20 mEq/24 hrs) were interpreted as an evidence of cellular potassium depletion.</p>","PeriodicalId":20338,"journal":{"name":"Polish medical sciences and history bulletin","volume":"15-16 4","pages":"379-83"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1976-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Polish medical sciences and history bulletin","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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In 15 severely burned patients the concentrations of sodium and potassium were determined in 605 urine samples. Concentrations of both electrolytes were reduced. A decrease in urinary sodium concentration below 10 mEq/l, persisting during several days, was an unfavorable prognostic sign. Low urinary potassium concentrations (below 10-20 mEq/24 hrs) were interpreted as an evidence of cellular potassium depletion.