Sweat Test
Psychosocial Risk Associated With Newborn Screening for Cystic Fibrosis: Parents’ Experience While Awaiting the Sweat-Test Appointment
... of sweat chloride ...for sweat-test re- sults, parents who receive normal results may not be interested in remaining in the clinic for genetic coun- ...
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Parental Understanding of Newborn Screening for Cystic Fibrosis After a Negative Sweat-Test
... status, knowledge of CF, and demo- graphics (survey available from Dr Ross). Anxiety to the abnormal NBS re- sult was assessed using a 4-point Lik- ert scale (1, not at all worried; 2, mini- mally worried; 3, somewhat ...
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Quality of sweat test (ST) based on the proportion of sweat sodium (Na) and sweat chloride (Cl) as diagnostic parameter of cystic fibrosis: are we on the right way?
... by Test χ 2 (Pearson and Likelihood ratio) and Fisher’s exact test, depending on the data ...exact test and one-way analysis of variance were ...statistical test, such as Mann-Whitney and ...
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A SIMPLIFIED TECHNIQUE FOR THE SWEAT TEST IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF FIBROCYSTIC DISEASE OF THE PANCREAS
... Table I shows the range and mean for the concentrations of sodium and chloride in the sweat of both groups using the tube and gauze collection techniques. The range for the concentration[r] ...
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THE SWEAT TEST
... The highest chloride concentration in palm sweat was 587.0 meq/l in a patient with cystic fibrosis.. The average concentration in a study of 13 patients was 308 meq/l as contrasted with [r] ...
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Intestinal current measurement versus nasal potential difference measurements for diagnosis of cystic fibrosis: a case–control study
... Our data suggest that NPD is more likely to detect CFTR dysfunction in healthy controls than the ICM or sweat test. This could be explained by tissue specific dif- ferences in CFTR expression, alternative ...
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Color and Tarnishing of CuMn15Zn15Al1 Alloy
... As seen in Fig. 1(a), L ∗ values of CuMn15Zn15Al1 al- loy decrease but a ∗ and b ∗ values increase fast in the first 4 . 32 × 10 4 s. Then, a ∗ values increase slowly but L ∗ and b ∗ values show a little change. When the ...
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When and how ruling out cystic fibrosis in adult patients with bronchiectasis
... either sweat test or genetic analysis, while the majority of the RCTs reported excluding CF patients only according to past medical history [26 – ...
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Summer Day/Night Gender Differences in Serum Total Antioxidant Capacity as a Methodological Pitfall in Human Antioxidant Research
... Background: Sweat chloride test is the gold standard test for cystic fibrosis (CF) ...CF sweat chloride ...2015 sweat chloride test EQA program and results are compared with the ...
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Inconclusive Diagnosis of Cystic Fibrosis After Newborn Screening
... repeat sweat test, serum trypsinogen, and microbiology data were compared between subjects with CF and CFSPID and between subjects with CFSPID who did (CFSPID→CF) and did not (CFSPID→CFSPID) fulfill the ...
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Pulsed direct and constant direct currents in the pilocarpine iontophoresis sweat chloride test
... For Experiments 1 and 2, discomfort scale was low and did not allow comparison between the currents and fre- quencies, as well, for induction and collection time of sweat. All controls showed normal levels of ...
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The Silver Electrode Method for Rapid Analysis of Sweat Chloride
... The Silver Electrode Method for Rapid Analysis of Sweat Chloride.. A new sweat test which uses a standard3[r] ...
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Wilson protein expression, copper excretion and sweat production in sweat glands of Wilson disease patients and controls
... The procedures performed within this study both in humans and animals have been approved by the local ethic committees (No. 346/2005) and are in compliance with the Helsinki Declaration. Informed consent was obtained ...
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Glucose Metabolism of the Isolated Eccrine Sweat Gland: II THE RELATION BETWEEN GLUCOSE METABOLISM AND SODIUM TRANSPORT
... in sweat gland ...eccrine sweat glands show considerable oxidative activity ( 14 CO 2 production of ...between sweat gland energy metabolism and sodium ...
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Are Habitual Hydration Strategies of Female Rugby League Players Sufficient to Maintain Fluid Balance and Blood Sodium Concentration During Training and Match Play? A Research Note From the Field
... The findings of the study show that overall female rugby league players arrive to training and match-play hydrated. Further, they remained hydrated during training and match-play, despite varying sweat loss rates. ...
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Sweat Rate and Electrolyte Composition in Young Women of Varying Body Mass Indices during Moderate Exercise
... recorded. Sweat rate (L/hour) was calculated using the formula: sweat rate (L/hr) = (pre-exercise body weight − Post-exercise body weight)/exercise ...Each sweat sample was collected and analysed ...
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Sweat rate and sodium loss during work in the heat
... four sweat collecting devices after 15 mins of cycling, the time delay between exercise onset and attachment of the devices was to allow sweating to be ...up sweat" and regu- lar sweat ...Wescor ...
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CONTINUOUS RECORDING OF SWEATING BY RESISTANCE HYGROMETRY
... The data indicate the chloride concentration of sweat collected under a vapor pressure barrier is not differ- ent from the chloride concentration of sweat. collected during experiments p[r] ...
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Normative data on regional sweat sodium concentrations of professional male team sport athletes
... the sweat-sodium concentration [22], due primarily to the reabsorption of sodium through the sweat duct ...and sweat rate have no association with sweat-electrolyte content [24], although this ...
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Relationship between Menopausal Sweating and Body Mass Index
... Although the BMI of our study participants ranged from normal to overweight, a significant and positive cor- relation was observed between BMI and the rate and volume of sweat secreted. Studies involving obese ...
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