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Comparison of water immersion and saline infusion as a means of inducing volume expansion in manThe study compares the natriuresis induced by head-out water immersion to that of a standard saline infusion and assesses the relative effectiveness of these two techniques as volume determinants of renal sodium and water handling in humans in a seated posture. The data obtained show that the volume stimulus of immersion is identical to that of standard saline-induced extracellular fluid volume expansion (ECVE) in normal seated subjects. The ability of head-out water immersion to induce a natriuresis without a concomitant increase in total blood volume and with a decrease in body weight suggests that water immersion may be preferred as an investigative tool for assessing the effects of ECVE in man.
Document ID
19750057323
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Epstein, M.
Pins, D. S.
Arrington, R.
Denunzio, A. G.
Engstrom, R.
(U.S. Veterans Administration Hospital; Miami, University Miami, Fla., United States)
Date Acquired
August 8, 2013
Publication Date
July 1, 1975
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Applied Physiology
Volume: 39
Subject Category
Aerospace Medicine
Accession Number
75A41395
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGR-10-007-097
CONTRACT_GRANT: NIH-RR-261
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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