TY  - JOUR
T1  - IN vitro incorporation of rb86 by the erythrocyte as an index of intracellular potassium
AU  - HENEGAR GC, FRISKEY RW, PRESTON FW
Y1  - 1959/06/01
N1  - 10.1001/archsurg.1959.04320060050007
JO  - A.M.A. Archives of Surgery
SP  - 862
EP  - 867
VL  - 78
IS  - 6
N2  - A potassium deficiency results when a patient is maintained on parenteral feedings with an inadequate replacement of the potassium ion. This deficiency is severer when the patient has a marked loss of gastro-intestinal fluid through suction, fistula, or diarrhea. The deficiency may be increased further by the stress response to surgery, which is known to increase the rate of urinary excretion of potassium. As a compensating factor, the homeostatic mechanisms tend to maintain a normal level of potassium in the extracellular water at the expense of the intracellular potassium; but when the loss has continued for a sufficient length of time, the patient develops metabolic alkalosis.11,22The methods usually used to measure potassium give an estimate of the quantity in the extracellular space only. This extracellular space represents only 5% of the total body potassium pool.9,11,15,17,18,22,29 Obviously, there is need for an efficient method of measuring intracellular potassium.
SN  - 0096-6908
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archsurg.1959.04320060050007
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.1959.04320060050007
ER  -