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The body weight of a healthy adult on an adequate diet remains remark ably stable from day to day, and this stability indicates that the body fluid volume is staying constant, i.e. there is a steady state, in which the fluid output equals the fluid input. The normal intake and output of water over a 24-hour period is shown in Table 8.1.
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Lote, C.J. (1994). Regulation of body fluid osmolality. In: Principles of Renal Physiology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6470-2_8
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