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Published in final edited form as: Arch Intern Med. 1971 Jun;127(6):1129–1132. doi: 10.1001/archinte.127.6.1129

Table 3.

Cumulative Water and Sodium Balance

Patient	Water (ml)		Sodium (mEq)		ΔH₂O	Δ Na	Na Free ΔH₂O	Δ Weight (kg)
Patient	intake	Output	Intake	Output	ΔH₂O	Δ Na	Na Free ΔH₂O	Δ Weight (kg)
1	12,420	12,837	1,068	928	−417	+140	−1,417	−0.3

2	13,670	17,050	220	417	−3,380	−197	−1,980	−2.6

3	11,397	11,344	844	681	+53	+163	−1,127	+0.1

4	4,327	4,292	456	230	+35	+226	−1,595	+0.2

5	4,110	5,000	327	181	−890	+146	−1,930	−0.7

H₂O indicates net gain or loss of water; Na, net gain or loss of sodium; Na free H₂O, Sodium free water loss; weight, changes in body weight.