title: The reply.
authors.forename: Alexander A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.affiliation: Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass.
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Bates
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D006955:Hypernatremia / Q000150:complications*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*