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[Nursing diagnoses] Potential for fluid volume excess [Nursing Process] 
If the person's fluid retention is due to an increased level of anti-diuretic hormone, extra fluids may not be indicated even though the urine osmolality is elevated. For example, in the post-operative patient, concentrated urine may be normal for 2 or 3 days after surgery, because anti-diuretic hormone is activated by the stress of surgery, creating fluid volume excess. As the stress level decreases, the level of anti-diuretic hormone returns to normal and the extra fluid is excreted. Significant increases in urine output after the immediate post-operative period is sometimes referred to as a surgical diuresis. A similar diuresis occurs after other kinds of stress such as a major burn.
Nursing Diagnoses/Renal Function
Nursing Process