Urinary sodium and potassium excretion in fasting obese subjects

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Author(s):

Runcie, J.

Publication:

Br Med J

Publication Year:

1971

ISSN:

0007-1447 (Print) 0007-1447 (Linking)

DOI:

10.1136/bmj.2.5752.22

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/5550866

Runcie_1971_Urinary_Sodium_and_Potassium_Excretion.pdf

Abstract

Data are presented on the urinary excretion of sodium and potassium in 40 obese patients subjected to therapeutic starvation. Two patterns of sodium loss were observed: either a uniform low-level loss or a fluctuating loss leading in some cases to marked sodium depletion. In three patients the response was a combination of these two patterns.

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