What does TBW stand for?

Total Body Water

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Elderly have low total body water so drug distribution is affected.

Drug Therapy in Elderly

Since TEE cannot accurately ascertain the complete physiological strain a person undergoes, total body water turnover (rH20) has been used alongside TEE to demonstrate work stress.

Effects of Modafinil and Sleep Loss on Physiological Parameters

Abstract We determined whether ultra-runners in a multi-stage ultra-endurance run lose body mass, fat mass, skeletal muscle mass or total body water in a descriptive field study at the 'Deutschland-lauf' 2007 a 1,200 km run within 17 consecutive days with 10 male non-professional Caucasian ultra-runners (mean [+ or -] SD, 43.

A multi-stage ultra-endurance run over 1,200 km leads to a continuous ...

Body composition and apparent volume of distribution of the drug In very young infants, the total body water is high (80 - 90% of body weight) while the fat content is low (10 - 15% of body weight).

Principles of dosing in young children

The use of bioelectrical impedance analysis to predict total body water in patients with cancer cachexia.

Evidence based statements

Initial mass, percentage of total body water (% TBW), cuticular permeability (CP), water loss rate (WL), hour of death (HR), and % TBW lost at hour of death (% LHR) were determined.

Comparative water relations of three sympatric terrestrial slugs: ...

The movement of fluid between the intra-cellular and extra-cellular space is primarily dictated by effective osmolality (1); with the effect of ORP, pH, and ionization negligible factors in total body water distribution.

Letter to the editor

In this study, water labeled with a stable isotope of hydrogen (deuterium) was used to estimate total body water (TBW in kg and %TBW as a percentage of BM).

Neonatal growth of Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) pups in ...