Humans are prone to sodium overload and potassium depletion. This electrolyte imbalance
is important in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease and sudden cardiac death …

The circulating blood normally contains no more than 1–2% of the body's population of
leucocytes. The numbers and phenotypes of circulating leucocyte subsets can change …

Objective: To determine the relationship between increasing depressive symptoms and
cardiovascular events or mortality. Design: Cohort analytic study of data from randomized …

Determinants of plasma glucose concentrations were studied in patients on admission to
hospital with confirmed acute myocardial infarction but without previous glucose intolerance …

The metabolic changes occurring after injury and in sepsis are still, more than 60 years after
their relatively complete description, a cause of significant morbidity and mortality. Although …

We studied the effect of standard and high doses of epinephrine on coronary perfusion
pressure during cardiopulmonary resuscitation in 32 patients whose cardiac arrest was …

Human skeletal muscles contain the largest single pool of K+ in the body (2600 mmol, 46
times the total K+ content of the extracellular space). Intense exercise may double arterial …

Background: Epinephrine is the drug of choice in advanced cardiac life support, but it can
have deleterious side effects after restoration of spontaneous circulation. Objective: To …

A growing body of experimental, epidemiologic and physiologic evidence testifies to the
hazards of hypokalemia and other electrolyte disorders that can complicate the chronic use …

Wnt1-induced secreted protein-1 (WISP-1) is a member of the cysteine-rich 61, connective
tissue growth factor, and nephroblastoma overexpressed (CCN) family of growth factors and …