Influence of physical activity on hydration state in children with obesity before and after a weight loss program.

: Evaluate the effect of a 1-year standardized residential slimming program on exercise-induced dehydration in children with obesity. : At the start () and end () of the program, urine samples, weight, blood pressure and pulse were collected before () and after a Cooper test (). Urinary samples were analyzed for volume, Na (U), Cl, K (U), urea, creatinine (U), protein and osmolality (U).

Pseudonephritis is associated with high urinary osmolality and high specific gravity in adolescent soccer players.

The study aimed to evaluate the effect of exercise on urine sediment in adolescent soccer players. In 25 15-year-old (range 14.4-15.

Nutritional intake evolution in adolescent sporting boys over the last two decades.

Unlabelled: The AIM of the study was to evaluate the nutritional trends in young elite male soccer players, attending national soccer league at RFC Bruges over the last two decades. At the start of each season, players and parents are instructed about normal healthy nutrition and fluid intake by dieticians.

Methods: Since 1983, dieticians perform dietary habit surveys in the adolescent player groups.

Information gain in patients using a multimedia website with tailored information on anaesthesia.

Background: The preoperative visit is an appropriate time to educate the patient on anaesthesia. The aim of this study was to determine if a website, as an information source for anaesthesia before the visit to the preoperative assessment clinic (PAC), increases patients' knowledge on anaesthesia.

Methods: A multimedia website was developed containing specific information about anaesthesia relevant to the patient.

Distinct alterations in sublingual microcirculatory blood flow and hemoglobin oxygenation in on-pump and off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

Objective: The authors hypothesized that cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) (on-pump) is associated with more severe changes in the microcirculatory blood flow and tissue oxygenation as compared with off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery.

Design: An observational study.

Setting: A university hospital and teaching hospital.