Subject Index 



325 



Parotid saliva 



sodium excretion from, 62-63, 



65, 66, 69, 71 

 urea in, 67-69, 75 

 Phosphate, excretion, in respiratory 

 acidosis, 266 

 in babies' urine, 211, 213, 215, 

 216 

 Phosphorus, effect of protein intake, 

 121, 127-128 

 excess of, 144, 145-146 

 in body of rat, 120, 121, 127-128 

 intake of, 142 

 Pitressin, effect on hyponatraemia, 

 53-55 

 effect on water diuresis, 7-8, 11 

 variation of effects due to age, 

 239-240 

 Pituitary gland, effect on electro- 

 lytes, 166, 167 

 Plasma, concentrations of ions in, 

 25-26 

 equilibrium with extracellular fluid, 



15-16 

 magnesium in, 99-100 

 potassium in, 65 

 sodium in, 65 

 urea in, 67 

 Potassium, accumulation of in cell, 

 32, 33 

 deficiency of, effects due to, 140 

 effects on kidney, 262-263 

 in congestive heart failure, 

 289-292, 299-300 

 deprivation of, causing cellular 



oedema, 32 

 effect of protein intake, 121, 126, 



129, 133 

 effect on heart, 95-96 

 excess of, effects due to, 140, 141, 

 144-146, 152 

 in adrenal hyperplasia, 80, 95 

 exchangeable amounts in body, 108, 



109, 111, 114 

 exchange of, in cell, 18, 19, 20, 21, 



22, 24, 30, 34 

 excretion of, after water loading, 

 167-169 

 effect of ACTH and corti^ne, 



176, 177, 178 

 effect of aldosterone, 183-184, 



186, 192-194, 196-197 

 effect of cortexone, 174, 175 

 effect of Cortisol, 188, 189, 

 192-194, 196 



Potassium 



excretion of, effect of cortisone, 171, 

 172, 176, 178 

 effect of vasopressin, 170 

 in parotid saliva, 63, 64, 65, 74, 



75 

 in respiratory acidosis, 266 

 in sweat, 63, 64, 65, 74, 76, 77 

 in body of rat, 120, 121 , 126, 129, 133 

 in erythrocytes, 200-202, 204, 206, 



207, 208 

 in foetal urine, 218 

 in muscle, 224-225, 289-292 

 in plasma, 65 

 in saliva, during menstrual cycle, 



83-88 

 loss of, 226 



during labour, 90 

 ranges of intake, 142 

 Potassium chloride, effect on 



hyponatraemia, 53 

 Potassium pump, 204 

 Pregnancy, aldosterone excretion 

 during, 89-90 

 sodium retention during, 88-89 

 water and electrolyte changes 



during, 88-90 

 water retention during, 88-89 

 Premenstrual oedema, 81-83 

 Protein, breakdown of, causing 

 osmotic diuresis, 41 

 in renal disease, 260-262 

 intake of, effect on body compo- 

 sition, 116-138 

 Pulmonary oedema, 284-285 

 Pyrogen, effects on kidney, 235-238 

 Pyruvic acid, in urine, 221 



Respiratory acidosis, 265-266, 



269-270 

 Respiratory failure, renal function 



in, 264^270 



Saliva, bicarbonate in, 64 



potassium in, 63, 64, 65, 74, 75, 

 83-88 



sodium in, 62-63, 65, 66, 69, 71, 

 83-88 



sodium /potassium ratios in, 94 



urea in, 67-69, 75 

 Sex, differences in body water, 



107-110, 113 

 Sheep, erythrocytes in, 200-203, 204, 



206 

 Skin, water absorption by, 100-101 



