THE EFFECT OF ANTECEDENT DIET ON URINE CONCENTRATING ABILITY
Authors: W. H. Meroney, M. E. Rubini, W. B. Blythe
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1958)

Article1 March 1958THE EFFECT OF ANTECEDENT DIET ON URINE CONCENTRATING ABILITYW. H. MERONEY, M. E. RUBINI, W. B. BLYTHEW. H. MERONEY, M. E. RUBINI, W. B. BLYTHEAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-48-3-562 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptDiminished ability to concentrate the urine is considered to be an important criterion of renal disease, but the test most often employed to assess concentrating ability is subject to considerable variation and may be difficult to interpret.1The overnight dehydration test, a standard procedure in many hospitals, will usually yield a specific gravity of 1.022 or greater in the morning urine of a normal person.2When the specific gravity is less than 1.022, it is taken as evidence of diminished concentrating ability, and other examinations are performed to reveal other defects and establish the diagnosis. If the other examinations are...Bibliography1. Storey WE: Variations in urinary dilution and concentration among healthy males under simple standard conditions, Ann. Int. Med. 34: 737, 1951. LinkGoogle Scholar2. Fishberg AM: Hypertension and nephritis, 5th Ed., 1954, Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia. Google Scholar3. RubiniWolf MEAV: Refractometric determination of total solids and water content of serum and urine, J. Biol. Chem. 225: 869, 1957. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. KnowltonHornerSeligsonIber MWHDFL: Analytical procedures, Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Metabolism, Army Medical Service Graduate School, Washington, D. C., August, 1955. Google Scholar5. EpsteinKleemanPurselHendrikx FHCRSA: The effect of feeding protein and urea on the renal concentrating process, J. Clin. Investigation 36: 635, 1957. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. PriceMillerHayman JWMJM: The relation of specific gravity to composition and total solids in normal human urine, J. Clin. Investigation 19: 537, 1940. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Washington, D.C.*Presented at the Thirty-eighth Annual Session of The American College of Physicians, Boston, Massachusetts, April 10, 1957.From the Department of Metabolism, Division of Medicine, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D. C.Requests for reprints should be addressed to the Department of Metabolism, Walter Reed Institute of Research, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington 12, D. C. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byDrinking water salinity is associated with hypertension and hyperdilute urine among Daasanach pastoralists in Northern KenyaAm I Drinking Enough? Yes, No, and MaybeDehydration: Physiology, Assessment, and Performance EffectsPhysiologic basis for understanding quantitative dehydration assessment,,,Biological Monitoring of Urine for Exposure to Toxic MetalsConcentrating AbilityUrinalysis, Critical Discipline of Clinical ScienceRenal concentration testsVasopressin-Resistant Hyposthenuria in Advanced Chronic Renal DiseaseThe Influence of the Neurohypophysial Hormones and Similar Polypeptides on the KidneysStörungen der HarnkonzentrierungPhysiology of the kidneyUrinary concentrative propertiesAcute Renal Failure 1 March 1958Volume 48, Issue 3Page: 562-573KeywordsAttentionDietHospital medicineProteinsRenal diseasesUreaUrine ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 March 1958 PDF downloadLoading ...