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ReviewFrontiers in endocrinology2024

Central and nephrogenic diabetes insipidus: updates on diagnosis and management.

Kathryn Flynn, Jennifer Hatfield, Kevin Brown, Nicole Vietor, Thanh Hoang

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Review in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Kathryn FlynnDepartment of Internal Medicine, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, United States.
Jennifer HatfieldDepartment of Endocrinology, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, United States.
Kevin BrownDepartment of Endocrinology, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, United States.
Nicole VietorDepartment of Endocrinology, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, United States.
Thanh HoangDepartment of Endocrinology, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, United States.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetes insipidus (DI) is a rare endocrine disease involving antidiuretic hormone (ADH), encompassing both central and nephrogenic causes. Inability to respond to or produce ADH leads to inability of the kidneys to reabsorb water, resulting in hypotonic polyuria and, if lack of hydration, hypernatremia. DI cannot be cured and is an unfamiliar disease process to many clinicians. This diagnosis must be distinguished from primary polydipsia and other causes of hypotonic polyuria. The main branchpoints in pathophysiology depend on the level of ADH pathology: the brain or the kidneys. Prompt diagnosis and treatment are critical as DI can cause substantial morbidity and mortality. The gold standard for diagnosis is a water deprivation test followed by desmopressin administration. There is promising research regarding a new surrogate marker of ADH called copeptin, which may simplify and improve the accuracy in diagnosing DI in the future. Patients with DI require adequate access to water, and there are nuances on treatment approaches depending on whether a patient is diagnosed with central or nephrogenic DI. This article describes a stepwise approach to recognition, diagnosis, and treatment of DI.

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Diabetes Insipidus, NephrogenicDiabetes Insipidus, NeurogenicDisease ManagementHumansVasopressinsVasopressinscentral diabetes insipiduscopeptindiabetes insipidusdiagnosisnephrogenic diabetes insipiduspolydipsiapolyuriatreatment

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PMID39845881
PMCPMC11750692

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