urvätskning

English translation: diuresis

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Swedish term or phrase:urvätskning
English translation:diuresis
Entered by: Helen Johnson

06:53 Jul 6, 2010
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Cardiology / patient notes
Swedish term or phrase: urvätskning
Senast utskriven den [date, month] fter urvätskning på 6 kg.
Would this be excess fluid removal (there must be a proper medical term) or is it dehydration (which could be confused with someone being dehydrated where examples on Google show wordings like "risk för urvätskning"?
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Helen Johnson
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:44
diuresis
Explanation:
I was just asking a doctor friend about this one. She says US doctors even use it as a verb ("we diuresed the patient...").
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Tara Chace
United States
Local time: 06:44
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diuresis


Explanation:
I was just asking a doctor friend about this one. She says US doctors even use it as a verb ("we diuresed the patient...").

Tara Chace
United States
Local time: 06:44
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