VARIATIONS IN URINARY DILUTION AND CONCENTRATION AMONG HEALTHY MALES UNDER SIMPLE STANDARD CONDITIONS
Authors: W E STOREY
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1951)

Article1 March 1951VARIATIONS IN URINARY DILUTION AND CONCENTRATION AMONG HEALTHY MALES UNDER SIMPLE STANDARD CONDITIONSW. EDWARD STOREY, M.D.W. EDWARD STOREY, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-34-3-737 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe tests of urinary dilution and concentration, particularly the latter, are generally regarded as a simple and reliable means of detecting early impairment of renal function. They are based upon the fact that healthy kidneys can adapt, within wide limits, to varying demands for the elimination of water and solids. This adaptability may be observed in the specific gravity of the urine under controlled conditions.Since the publication, in 1910 of Volhard's1technic for the performance of these tests, various modifications have appeared.2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7While each of these has acquired varying acceptance, that of Fishberg8is...Bibliography1. Volhard F: Ueber die funktionelle Unterscheidung der Schrumpfnieren, Verhandl. d. deutsch. Kong. f. inn. Med. 27: 735, 1910. Google Scholar2. HedingerSchlayer MCR: Ueber die Prüfung der Nierentätigkeit durch Probemahlzeit, Deutsch. Arch. f. klin. Med. 114: 120, 1914. Google Scholar3. Mosenthal HO: Renal function as measured by the elimination of fluids, salt, nitrogen and the specific gravity of urine, Arch. Int. Med. 16: 733, 1915. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. Pratt JH: The dilution and concentration tests of renal function, Boston M. and S. J. 195: 203, 1926. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. BuckProger RWSH: The dilution and concentration test of renal function. Comparison of results with other tests in one hundred cases, New England J. Med. 203: 1283, 1930. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. LashmetNewbergh FHLH: Improved concentration test of renal function; simple method for measuring proteinuria, J. A. M. A. 100: 1328, 1933. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. SodemanEnglehardt WAHT: Renal concentration test employing use of pituitary extracts. Response of normal subjects, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med. 46: 688, 1941. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. Fishberg AM: Hypertension and nephritis, ed. 4, 1944, Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia, p. 77. Google Scholar9. Fishberg AM: Personal communication. Google Scholar10. Mosenthal HO: Renal function as measured by the elimination of fluids, salt and nitrogen and the specific gravity of the urine. The application of the method to ambulant patients, M. Clin. North America 4: 14, 209, 1921. Google Scholar11. MollerMcIntoshVan Slyke EJFDD: Studies of urea excretion. II. Relationship between urine volume and the rate of urea excretion by normal adults, J. Clin. Investigation 6: 427, 1928. MedlineGoogle Scholar12. ChapmanHalsted EMJA: Fractional phenolsulphonephthalein test in Bright's disease, Am. J. M. Sc. 186: 223-232, 1933. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Columbus, Georgia*Received for publication August 2, 1949.From the Medical Service, Columbus City Hospital. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byStudies on Kidney Function in Subjects Exposed to Organic SolventsComparison of renal function in a congenital hyperbilirubinaemic Southdown sheep and normal sheepEvaluating renal functionRenal concentration testsStörungen der HarnkonzentrierungUrinary concentrative propertiesDie Analyse der Nierenfunktion Grundlagen und klinischer AussagewertTHE EFFECT OF ANTECEDENT DIET ON URINE CONCENTRATING ABILITY*W. H. MERONEY, M. E. RUBINI, W. B. BLYTHEPhysiologic observations on a case of beriberi heart disease, with a note on the acute effects of thiamine 1 March 1951Volume 34, Issue 3Page: 737-746KeywordsAttentionKidneysMedical servicesUrine Issue Published: 1 March 1951 PDF downloadLoading ...