RESUMO
Fifty subjects divided into three groups were studied: Group I: 10 normal adult subjects as controls. Group II: 20 patients with schistosomal hepatic fibrosis (SHF) without ascites (compensated stage). Group III: 20 patients with SHF with ascites. In all these patients plasma atrial natriuretic factor (ANF), serum aldosterone and serum osmolality were determined. There was a significant decrease in the plasma ANF in groups II and III compared to group I. There was a significant increase in the serum aldosterone level in group III compared to groups I and II. No significant difference was noted in serum sodium and potassium levels among the three groups. There was a significant decrease in serum osmolality in groups II and III compared to group I.
Assuntos
Fator Natriurético Atrial/fisiologia , Água Corporal/metabolismo , Cirrose Hepática/metabolismo , Hepatopatias Parasitárias/metabolismo , Esquistossomose/metabolismo , Sódio/metabolismo , Adolescente , Adulto , Aldosterona/sangue , Fator Natriurético Atrial/sangue , Feminino , Humanos , Cirrose Hepática/complicações , Cirrose Hepática/parasitologia , Hepatopatias Parasitárias/complicações , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Esquistossomose/complicaçõesRESUMO
The culdoscope was used for easy approach to the fallopian tube, which was delivered into the vagina, and a Foley catheter (No. 8 French) was introduced through its fimbrial end for collection of human tubal secretion. It was left from one to eight days. The technique was successful in 54 cases out of 60, but we succeeded in collecting enough fluid in 44 cases only. The volume of human tubal fluid was studied in relation to the phase of the cycle. A peak of fluid volume was found to occur at the midcycle.
