Saluresis
The term saluresis (syn .: salidiuresis) describes the excretion of salt via the kidneys into the urine . This specifically means the excretion of sodium chloride . The excretion of potassium is known as kaliuresis .
(→ main article kidney, section function )
Drugs that promote this function are:
- Saluretics , which belong to the group of diuretics ; are drugs that cause an increased excretion of NaCl and water from the body through increased urine production ( diuresis ) in the kidneys
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peter Reuter: Springer Lexicon Medicine. Springer, Berlin a. a. 2004, ISBN 3-540-20412-1 , p. 1886.
- ↑ F.-J. Nöhring: Langenscheidt medical dictionary concise edition English: English-German, German-English. Langenscheidt Fachverlag, 2004, ISBN 3-86117-192-9 , p. 522, (online)
- ↑ S. Silbernagl among others: Pocket Atlas Pathophysiology. Georg Thieme Verlag, 2009, ISBN 978-3-13-102193-9 , p. 106, (online)