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Fluid or fuel? The context of consuming a beverage is important for satiety [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Energy-containing beverages have a weak effect on satiety, limited by their fluid characteristics and perhaps because they are not considered ‘food’. This study investigated whether the context of consuming a beverage can influence the satiating power of
Chambers, Lucy   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

TMEM63B channel is the osmosensor required for thirst drive of interoceptive neurons

open access: yesCell Discovery
Thirst plays a vital role in the regulation of body fluid homeostasis and if deregulated can be life-threatening. Interoceptive neurons in the subfornical organ (SFO) are intrinsically osmosensitive and their activation by hyperosmolarity is necessary ...
Guolin Yang   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Prevalence, risk factors, and optimized management of moderate-to-severe thirst in the post-anesthesia care unit

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2020
Post-operative thirst is common and may cause intense patient discomfort. The aims of this retrospective study conducted in a high-volume post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) were as follows: (1) to examine the prevalence of moderate-to-severe post-operative
Chia-Wei Lee   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Preoperative fasting in the day care patient population at a tertiary care, teaching institute: A prospective, cross-sectional study

open access: yesCHRISMED Journal of Health and Research, 2018
Context: Patients are fasting for inappropriately long duration preoperatively despite the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) recommendations for liberal fasting guidelines.
Merlin Shalini Ruth   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

“So the satiated man hungers, the drunken thirsts” The Medieval Rhetorical Topos of Spiritual Nutrition [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
core   +1 more source

Quench the Thirst [PDF]

open access: yesBiological Research For Nursing, 2013
Thirst, as a symptom, has long been considered the most prevalent clinical complaint patients voice in healthcare settings. Yet, rarely have researchers examined thirst by its correlation with physiologic factors. This review was undertaken to examine the relationships between thirst ratings and factors mediating its primary physiologic correlates ...
Alice Butzlaff   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Validity and Reliability of the Turkish Version of the Thirst Distress Scale in Patients on Hemodialysis

open access: yesAsian Nursing Research, 2013
Purpose: Thirst has been reported as an important source of distress for patients on hemodialysis. However, there is no instrument available that assesses thirst distress of Turkish patients on hemodialysis.
Belgüzar Kara, PhD, RN
doaj   +1 more source

Adipsic hypernatremia in a young sudanese child, challenges in a limited-resource setting: a case report

open access: yesThe 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   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Alcohol representations are socially situated: an investigation of beverage representations by using a property generation task [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Previous research suggests that people's representations of alcoholic beverages play an important role in drinking behavior. However, relatively little is known about the contents of these representations.
Aarts, H.   +5 more
core   +3 more sources

Inputs to Thirst and Drinking during Water Restriction and Rehydration

open access: yesNutrients, 2020
Current models of afferent inputs to the brain, which influence body water volume and concentration via thirst and drinking behavior, have not adequately described the interactions of subconscious homeostatic regulatory responses with conscious ...
L. Armstrong   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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