Related Experiment Videos
Renal sodium excretion and edematous disorders
1Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, USA.
Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America
|September 1, 1995
Abstract:
Body sodium and water homeostasis is regulated by multifactorial renal and extrarenal systems. Following a description of these systems, four common edema states are reviewed, with special emphasis on the pathophysiologic mechanisms leading to sodium and water retention.