Though rare, cerebral palsy can sometimes cause hypotonic symptoms, or chronic muscle weakness. Treatments such as physical therapy or surgery can help improve mobility. Cerebral palsy is a physical ...

Hospital-acquired hyponatremia can be lethal. There have been multiple reports of death or permanent neurological impairment in both children and adults. The main factor contributing to the ...

Cells were plated in 35-mm tissue culture plates. After 24 h, cells were transfected with 1 μg/mL of the Prk5-h WNK1 cDNA plasmid (the prk5-hWNK1 cDNA plasmid was kindly provided by Dr SHIBUYA, ...

However, the causes of hospital-acquired hyponatremia most relevant to the events described above are twofold: administration of plain D5W or hypotonic saline parenteral solutions post-op, and failure ...

Pinpointing the cause of hypotonic polyuria in a patient poses a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge, particularly in distinguishing primary polydipsia (either psychogenic or nonpsychogenic) from ...

Geriatrics and Aging. 2007;10(9):590-596. Three forms of dehydration can be distinguished on the basis of the plasma tonicity: hypertonic, isotonic, and hypotonic dehydration. Many studies on ...

Term neonates, children and young people are not given hypotonic fluids or glucose-containing fluids for intravenous (IV) fluid resuscitation. There are safety concerns about the use of hypotonic IV ...

Hypotonic drinks ingested during exercise hydrate better than isotonic, hypertonic, and water-based sports drinks, according to new research. Hypotonic drinks ingested during exercise hydrate better ...