Total Exchangeable Sodium in Depressive Illness

intake in 24 hours was 900 calories, and the majority of intakes were much lower than this.The mean daily rise of serum urea in this group remained unchanged throughout the duration of their illness, contrasting with the reductions obtained in the 12 patients studied while receiving the prepared diets.It is possible that the improvement could be due merely to the provision of a higher intake of calories, but, nevertheless, it is apparent that the inclusion of some protein into the diet had no adverse effect, nor did it increase overall nitrogen catabolism.We believe that provision of exogenous protein may well be a vital factor in the survival of those cases of acute renal failure of surgical aetiology, and of those cases in which repeated haemodialysis may be required before recovery of renal function occurs. Appendix ProteinSodium Potassium Calories _.mg. mg.i pt.(300 ml.) milk daily..