Abstract:distribution), intracellular fluid volume, water intake, urine output, insensible water loss, and serum and urinary sodium potassium, and osmolality. Glomerular filtration rate (51Cr-EDTA clearance), hemoglobin, hematocrit, erythrocyte count, serum glucose, cholesterol, urea nitrogen, and ketones were also determined. . The great majority of studies concerning the physiologyof human starvation have been reported within the last 15years. The cause of this recent interest is the popular use of fasts of varying d… Show more
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