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The organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis and subfornical organ: regulation of thirst

Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2023
Thirst and water intake are regulated by the organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis (OVLT) and subfornical organ (SFO), located around the anteroventral third ventricle, which plays a critical role in sensing dynamic changes in sodium and water ...
Jiaxu Wang, Fenglin Lv, Wei Yin, Zhanpeng Gao, Hongyu Liu, Zhen Wang, Jinhao Sun   +6 more
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“So the satiated man hungers, the drunken thirsts” The Medieval Rhetorical Topos of Spiritual Nutrition [PDF]

, 2015
This article explores the representation of hunger and thirst as faculties within medieval spiritual allegory that existed at two forms. In their bodily form, hunger and thirst represented a feeling of lack indicating the need for sustenance.
James Smith
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Thirst or dry mouth in dying patients?—A qualitative study of palliative care physicians’ experiences

PLoS ONE, 2023
Introduction Thirst and dry mouth are common symptoms among patients at the end of life. In palliative care today, there is a focus on mouth care to alleviate thirst.
Maria Friedrichsen, Caroline Lythell, Tiny Jaarsma, Pier Jaarsma, Helene Ångström, Micha Milovanovic, Marit Karlsson, Anna Milberg, Hans Thulesius, Christel Hedman, Nana Waldréus, Anne Söderlund Schaller   +11 more
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Adipsic hypernatremia in a young sudanese child, challenges in a limited-resource setting: a case report

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2021
Adipsia is a rare condition characterized by a lack of thirst due to a defect in specific osmoreceptors located in the hypothalamus. The disorder is characterized by failure to maintain the body’s normal plasma osmolality (POSM), resulting in chronic or ...
Mohammed Abdulrahman Alhassan, Asmahan Tagelsir Abdalla, Samar Sabir Hassan, Mohamed Ahmed Abdullah   +3 more
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Conceptualising quality early childhood education: Learning from young children in Brazil and South Africa through creative and play‐based methods

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Early childhood has increasingly been acknowledged as a vital time for all children. Inclusive and quality education is part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with the further specification that all children have access to quality pre‐primary education.
Laura H. V. Wright, Irene Rizzini, Malibongwe Gwele, Lynn McNair, Cristina Laclette Porto, Marsha Orgill, E. Kay M. Tisdall, Malcolm Bush, Linda Biersteker   +8 more
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The sensitivity of the human thirst response to changes in plasma osmolality: a systematic review

Perioperative Medicine, 2018
Background Dehydration is highly prevalent and is associated with adverse cardiovascular and renal events. Clinical assessment of dehydration lacks sensitivity. Perhaps a patient’s thirst can provide an accurate guide to fluid therapy.
Fintan Hughes, Monty Mythen, Hugh Montgomery   +2 more
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The Effect of Oral Honey Syrup (ma-ol-asal) Consumption on Preoperative Thirst and Hunger before Surgery and Hemodynamic Symptoms in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Patients: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial [PDF]

Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 2023
Background and purpose: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is known as the standard treatment for inflammatory diseases of the gallbladder. This surgical method causes complications in the patients. To prevent gastric aspiration during anesthesia, long fasting
Sahar Qorban-Shamsi, Ebrahim Nasiri-Formi, Seyed Ezzatollah Hosseini Hashemi, Peyman Asghari, Abolfazl Hossein Nataj   +4 more
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What a thirst it was: longing, excess and the genre-bending essay [PDF]

, 2017
Rachel Blau DuPlessis writes that the essay is restless, always a little too hungry, a little too thirsty (2006). Implicit in this statement is the fact that a good essay is full of desire and creates this response in readers too – building a thirst for ...
Reeder, Elizabeth
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Effectiveness of thirst intervention package on thirst intensity and thirst distress among patients of heart failure with fluid restriction at a tertiary care center

Heart India
Background: Heart failure (HF) is a global burden since it is a widespread, expensive, and potentially life-threatening illness. Thirst is one of the most common symptoms of HF as well a major concern for patients.
Farah Naaz, Suchana Roy Bhowmik, Akshyaya Pradhan   +2 more
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Assessment of the thirst dimension: integrative review

Revista Eletrônica de Enfermagem, 2017
Thirst is a multifactorial and subjective symptom that request multiple measuring instruments. The objective of this study was to identify the assessment dimensions of thirst and the measurement tools used.
Pamela Rafaela Martins, Lígia Fahl Fonseca   +1 more
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