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1. What exactly means diuresis?

   healthresearch replied to healthresearch's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   I was avoiding the use of in/correctly this whole thread, but the use of diuresis for increased urination is unusual when you know how the related terms have poly- or hyper- prepositions for "more" or...

2. What exactly means diuresis?

   healthresearch replied to healthresearch's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   I'm discussing about this disharmony between etymology of diuresis and its explanation by the dictionary authors. Etymologically, as you pasted above, diuresis is dia, through, ouron, urine, which...

3. What exactly means diuresis?

   healthresearch replied to healthresearch's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   I actually try to write for North-American audience but when my writing is published online, everyone can read it. I try to avoid medical terms, including diuresis, as much as possible. I can simply...

4. What exactly means diuresis?

   healthresearch replied to healthresearch's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   Both 24-hour diuresis and output are used in North-American websites (pubmed) and international websites (who.int). Urine output is certainly more understandable, especially for patients. Anyway, I...

5. What exactly means diuresis?

   healthresearch replied to healthresearch's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   I do not think anyone here, including me, can prove what is the right or wrong usage of the word diuresis, we can merely agree with one or other explanation. It seems diuresis as increased urination...

6. What exactly means diuresis?

   healthresearch replied to healthresearch's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   Kdnurse, by finishing medical faculty in Slovenia and after additional practice period you become a doctor of general practice. I am not working as a physician but, currently, as a health writer. The...

7. What exactly means diuresis?

   healthresearch replied to healthresearch's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   If diuresis by itself were meaning increased urination, the article authors would not use the term increased diuresis for increased urination but just diuresis. Yes, by obvious logic, to me, this...

8. What exactly means diuresis?

   healthresearch replied to healthresearch's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   I have at least 2 reasons to believe diuresis means only urine production and not increased urine production. 1. Google search site:gov "increased diuresis" gives over 7,000 results, mostly pubmed...

9. What exactly means diuresis?

   healthresearch replied to healthresearch's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   Well, OK, "diuresed" is probably not an official term; I mean you can't use the jargon of the medical staff for

10. What exactly means diuresis?

    healthresearch replied to healthresearch's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Polyuria is very specific term, which is defined as excreting more than 3 liters of urine per day (in adults), so this is about increased daily volume of urine, which of course results in increased...

11. What exactly means diuresis?

    healthresearch posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I always thought diuresis means normal excretion of urine, but practically every single online dictionary (Merriam Webster, dictionary.com) says diuresis is increased excretion of urine. But the term...

12. Pneumothorax vs. hypovolemia.

    healthresearch replied to jhwang2's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I can tell the symptoms and signs of spontaneous pneumothorax from my own experience. I had a spontaneous pneumothorax on the left side when I was 23 (I'm male). There was no initial "severe pain" or...

13. Novel Influenza Outbreak (H3N2v) in Ohio and Indiana, August 2012

    healthresearch replied to Laidback Al's topic in Disaster Preparation

    There's now quite some confusion about the flu names. Seasonal influenza A, subtype H3N2 (spread: human to human) Variant influenza A, subtype H3N2v (spread: pigs to human) (as for now, limited to the...