Aquaresis

Aquaresis

Aquaresis is the excretion of water without electrolyte loss. It is preferable to diuresis in the treatment of hyponatremia. [cite book|title=Principles of Ambulatory Medicine|author=Nicholas H. Fiebach and Lee Randol Barker|pages=1390|date=2007|publisher=Lippincott Williams & Wilkins|id=ISBN 0781762278]

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