TOTAL EXCHANGEABLE SODIUM, TOTAL EXCHANGEABLE POTASSIUM, AND TOTAL BODY WATER IN EDEMATOUS PATIENTS WITH CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER AND CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE1

Abstract

Total exchangeable sodium, total exchangeable potassium and total body water were determined in nonedematous hospitalized controls and in edematous patients with cirrhosis of the liver and chronic congestive heart failure with the use of Na/sup 24/, K/sup 42/ and D/sub 2/O as tracers. (auth)