Are urine calcium and urine sodium concentrations related , after adjustment for urine magnesium?
The data indicate that a correlation between urine sodium and calcium persists in very old age. However, this correlation no longer holds after adjustment for urine magnesium. Further studies examining urine calcium excretion should also consider urine magnesium.
Extravascular lung water index and pulmonary vascular permeability index measured by transpulmonary thermodilution are independent risk factors of day-28 mortality in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome.