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. 2013 Jul 7;2013:704763. doi: 10.1155/2013/704763

Table 2.

Evaluation of fluid and ion balance parameter on the 1st and 7th days of TTN and control groups.

Parameter* TTN (n = 15) Control (n = 15) P
1st daya 7th dayb 1st dayc 7th dayd a versus b c versus d a versus c b versus d
Na+ (meq/L) 143.0 ± 4.1 139.7 ± 5.2 139.3 ± 5.1 135.6 ± 4.6 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05
(138–154) (128–148) (132–148) (128–141)
K+ (meq/L) 3.7 ± 0.4 3.7 ± 0.3 4.0 ± 0.2 3.9 ± 0.3 >0.05 >0.05 <0.05 >0.05
(3.2–4.6) (3.2–4.4) (3.7–4.4) (3.2–4.3)
Urea (mg/dL) 28.7 ± 8.1 28.6 ± 7.8 30.4 ± 8.6 40.2 ± 9.9 >0.05 <0.05 >0.05 <0.01
(20–42) (18–43) (18–43) (30–65)
Creatinine (mg/dL) 0.88 ± 0.20 0.80 ± 0.21 0.88 ± 0.17 0.85 ± 0.21 >0.05 >0.05 >0.05 >0.05
(0.50–1.23) (0.45–1.20) (0.55–1.20) (0.56–1.30)
Blood osmolarity (mosm/L) 304.1 ± 6.9 297.3 ± 7.5 295.8 ± 10.1 294.7 ± 9.4 <0.05 >0.05 <0.05 >0.05
(295–316) (285–308) (275–306) (280–311)
Urine osmolarity (mosm/L) 403.3 ± 43.5 364.0 ± 54.9 402.8 ± 43.8 402.7 ± 40.6 >0.05 >0.05 >0.05 <0.05
(320–490) (245–440) (330–468) (324–460)
FeNa+ (%) 2.47 ± 0.26 1.79 ± 0.25 1.76 ± 0.34 1.51 ± 0.29 <0.001 <0.01 <0.001 <0.01
(2.10–2.89) (1.32–2.20) (1.20–2.65) (1.0–2.11)
Diuresis (mL/kg/hour) 3.12 ± 0.82 2.05 ± 0.41 2.34 ± 0.82 2.19 ± 0.89 <0.001 >0.05 <0.05 >0.05
(2.0–4.3) (1.5–2.8) (1.1–4.4) (1.3–4.4)

*Values are represented as mean ± SD (min.–max.).