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[Determination of the K+/Na+ ratio in experimental drowning in sea water]
Bollettino Della Societa Italiana Di Biologia Sperimentale
|March 15, 1979
Abstract:
Potassium and sodium content in lung, heart and liver of sea water-drowned mice was measured flame-photometrically after destruction of tissue through nitric-percloric acid. It was found that the ratio of K+/Na+ content in the lung and even in the heart was significantly lower in the drowned group than in the control one; the liver did not show any significant eletrolyte change after drowning. The results are the basis of a test applicable to humans.