title: [Changes in serum electrolyte levels after seawater immersion of open abdominal wound and drowning in dogs].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the effects of seawater immersion of open abdominal wound and drowning on plasma electrolyte levels in dogs.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-one dogs with open abdominal wounds were randomly divided into 3 groups, namely the control group (n=7), seawater immersion group (n=7) and seawater immersion and drowning group (n=7). The dogs in the control group were subjected to simple open abdominal wound, and those in the latter two groups were immersed into seawater after the abdominal injury. The changes in the plasma electrolytes and osmotic pressure were observed after the treatments. RESULTS AMD CONCLUSION: Seawater immersion of the open abdominal wound results in hypematremia, hyperkalemia and hypertonic dehydration, and the effect is proportional to the length of immersion time, but seawater airway perfusion does not cause obvious changes of the plasma electrolytes and osmotic pressure in dogs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, 157 Hospital of PLA, Guangzhou 510510, China.
authors.forename: Yi-ran
authors.initials: YR
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Zhi-wei
authors.initials: ZW
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Wen-hong
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Hui-hong
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Zhen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Lou
authors.forename: Biao
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Yi-mu
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Gu
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000097:blood*; D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004285:Dogs; D004332:Drowning; D004573:Electrolytes / Q000097:blood*; D007101:Immersion; D010949:Plasma / Q000737:chemistry*; D012623:Seawater
chemical_list: D004573:Electrolytes