Diabetes Insipidus
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Urine Concentration and Dilution; Regulation of Extracellular Fluid Osmolarity and Sodium Concentration — Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology▶ 16:14If the number is negative, your body is operating at a deficit, hoarding water and selectively excreting solutes to conserve fluidBut this delicate balance can shatter, resulting in a condition called diabetes insipidusNow this is completely distinct from diabetes mellitus, the blood sugar disease, rightDrugs Related to Hypothalamic and Pituitary Function — Lehne's Pharmacology for Nursing Care▶ 18:39The water stays in the urine, and this brings us right back to the hook of our show, the patient drinking five…This condition is called hypothalamic diabetes insipidusBecause there's no ADH to pull water back into the blood, the patient produces massive, unbelievable volumes of incredibly dilute urineNursing Care of the Child with an Alteration in Metabolism/Endocrine Disorder — Maternity and Pediatric Nursing▶ 7:40This is our synthetic antidiuretic hormoneWe use this primarily for diabetes insipidus where the body lacks intrinsic ADHDesmopressin binds to the V2 receptors in the renal collecting ducts causing them to insert aquaporins