1st Edition

Sodium: Its Biologic Significance

By Solomon Papper, Jerry K. Aikawa Copyright 1982
302 Pages
by CRC Press

302 Pages
by CRC Press

Sodium is concerned with the physiology, pathophysiology, and clinical consequences of altered physiology involving the sodium ion.The first section focuses on the presence and handling of sodium in the normal state. In chapter one, Drs. Solomon and Galey deal with the fundamentals of transport and energy metabolism as they relate to sodium. This is followed by a chapter in which Drs. Gardenswartz... Read more
Part 1: The Normal State 1. Sodium Transport and Metabolism 2. Renal Regulation of Sodium Excretion Part 2: Sodium Excess 3. An Introductory Overview 4. Heart Failure 5. Liver Disease 6. Renal Edema 7. Idiopathic Edema 8. Sodium and Hypertension 9. Diuretics Part 3: Sodium Depletion 10. Sodium Depletion Part 4: Alterations of Serum Sodium Concentration 11. Hyponatremia 12. Hypernatremia

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Solomon Papper, Jerry K. Aikawa