title: [Therapeutic use of the method of water immersion in a patient with ascites in uncompensated cirrhosis of the liver].
abstract: Water immersion was used as the treatment method in a patient with ascites caused by liver cirrhosis resistant to therapy. Application of water immersion caused only a short improvement; it was probably connected with the shortterm natriuretic effect. The joint effect of a diuretics and of the water immersion was beneficial.
authors.affiliation: Katedry i Kliniki Chorób Wewnetrznych Slaskiej Akademii Medycznej.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muc
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nowakowska
mesh_terms: D001201:Ascites / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D004231:Diuresis / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006875:Hydrotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D007101:Immersion; D008104:Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010953:Plasma Volume / Q000502:physiology; D014867:Water / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D014867:Water
vernacular_title: Wykorzystanie terapeutyczne metody immersji wodnej u chorej z wodobrzuszem w przebiegu niewyrównanej marskości watroby.