...Fredrik Sjöstrand; Thomas Nyström; Robert G. Hahn Physicians are often unclear about how fast intravenous glucose solutions should be administered to adequately hydrate patients with Type II diabetes while avoiding hyperglycaemia and excessive plasma volume expansion. The aim of the present study...

... that, under conditions of maximal hydration, mannitol-induced changes in proximal tubular function were closely correlated with induced changes in the fractional excretion of lithium. 2. Infusion of arginine vasopressin alone (0.5 m-units/min) caused a marked reduction in both fractional clearance of free...