Central Diabetes Insipidus and Chemotherapy: Use of a Continuous Arginine Vasopressin Infusion for Fluid and Sodium Balance

Central Diabetes Insipidus and Chemotherapy: Use of a Continuous Arginine Vasopressin Infusion for Fluid and Sodium Balance

ABSTRACT: Objective: Central diabetes insipidus can occur in the setting of primary or metastatic tumors that disrupt the hypothalamic-pituitary axis. Usual treatment consists of water intake to replace ongoing fluid losses and desmopressin administration aimed at decreasing the urine output to enab...

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Main Authors: Joshua A. Levine, MD, PhD, Susan L. Karam, MD, Clare O'Connor, MD, Smita Kumar, MD, Malini Soundarrajan, MD, Deepika McConnell, PharmD, BCPS, Abeer T. Ammar, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP, Ashley M. Gale, PharmD, Donald Zimmerman, MD, FACE, Emily D. Szmuilowicz, MD, MS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-11-01
Series:AACE Clinical Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2376060520301413

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