Hypernatraemia in the neurointensive care unit: central diabetes insipidus and noncentral diabetes insipidus

Central diabetes insipidus

Central diabetes insipidus (CDI), characterized by polyuria and polydipsia, is caused by deficiency of arginine vasopressin (AVP), an antidiuretic hormone which acts on V2 receptors in kidney to promote reabsorption of free water. CDI is classified into three subtypes; idiopathic, secondary and familial. A previous study suggests that infundibulo-neurohypophysitis might be an underlying cause o...

Diabetes Insipidus and Trauma (15 Cases Report)

SUMMARY In a survey during a period of 3 years (1363 -1366), we have studied 15 Patients with diabetes insipidus due to accidents, measless and surgery. Finally, after this period we find that permanent diabetes insipid us was clear in (2 head. injury, 2 patients with head measle, and two after surgery for craniopharyngioma). In eight rest patients diabetes insipid us was temporary and subside...

Diabetes Insipidus

679 W E ARE PRESENTING the case histories of two children with diabetes insipidus, of particular interest because of the diversity of manifestations, the variance in etiology and the complexity of management. One patient was observed for a period of 3 years, with onset of disease at age 10 years; another was observed for a period of 8 years, with the onset of tile primary disease at 2 years and...

Diabetes insipidus.

Idiopathic central diabetes insipidus: the challenge remains.

1 Doutor em Endocrinologia, Unidade de Endocrinologia do Desenvolvimento, Laboratório de Hormônios e Genética Molecular LIM/42, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), São Paulo, SP, Brasil e Post-doctoral Fellow, Section on Endocrinology and Genetics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institute...