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. 2018 Nov 30;5:319. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2018.00319

Table 3.

Effect of saline infusion on FEurate.

FE Na (%) FE Urate (%)
Cont Exp Cont Exp
Isotonic 1.04 4.43 7.98 9.76
1.6 8.2 5.0 5.8
Hypertonic 2.9 18.6 5.4 12.1
1.4 14.5 12.5 18.7
Hypotonic 1.1 6.1 4.0 7.3

Studies on the effect of isotonic, hypotonic and hypertonic saline infusions on FEsodium and FEurate in human subjects. Note the very meager effect on FEurate over a wide range of FENa. Cont., control; Exp, experimental.