title: [Potassium substitution in fasting].
abstract: Twenty patients, divided in two groups to ten were undergoing a fasting period for 14 days. One group received 80 mEq potassium per day. Despite of identical loss of body-weight, the application of potassium showed the following advantages: 1) The body is able to keep acid-base-balance. 2) The important loss of potassium, induced by starvation can be reduced to a minimum.
mesh_terms: D000136:Acid-Base Equilibrium; D001835:Body Weight; D005215:Fasting; D006801:Humans; D011188:Potassium / Q000097:blood / Q000627:therapeutic use* / Q000652:urine; D012964:Sodium / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine
chemical_list: D012964:Sodium; D011188:Potassium
vernacular_title: Kaliumsubstition beim Fasten.