Failure to thrive: the importance of measuring the electrolytes


Article ID: 6793
Vol 33, Issue 5S1, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54517/jbrha6793
Received: 8 November 2019; Accepted: 8 November 2019; Available online: 8 November 2019; Issue release: 8 November 2019

Abstract

Diabetes insipidus (DI) is characterized by hypoosmotic polyuria related to deficiency of arginine-vasopressin (AVP) secretion (centraldiabetesinsipidus, CDI) or renalinsensitivity to AVP (nephrogenicdiabetesinsipidus, NDI). We report a case of a child with congenital NDI.


Keywords

diabetes insipidus;polyuria;polydipsia;hyposthenuria;hypernatremia;desmopressin test


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