diabetes insipidus/hypoxia

A 13-year-old girl was admitted with meningeal signs. A lumbar puncture was followed shortly by cardiorespiratory arrest. In spite of intensive resuscitation she remained comatose and severe polyuria diagnosed as diabetes insipidus appeared. The differential diagnosis of dehydration and polyuria in

We evaluated a baby boy with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) and X-linked nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (NDI). This patient had less than 10% CD3+ T cells, almost all of which were positive for CD4 and CD45RO. Genetic studies demonstrated a 34.4 kb deletion at Xq28 which included AVPR2, the

Inverse ocular bobbing (IOB) is an uncommon abnormal eye movement. Its characteristics are slow downward eye movement with rapid upward return, a nadir at the extreme of downgaze position and horizontal roving eye movement. We present a case of IOB associated with cerebral embolism and diabetes

OBJECTIVE To study the clinical, endocrine and radiological features and progress of children presenting with acquired diabetes insipidus (CDI). METHODS Chart review of children presenting because of CDI to Brisbane paediatric endocrine clinics between 1987 and 1999. RESULTS Thirty-nine children

Ischemic lesions of the brainstem can lead to complex neurologic deficits. Failure of the automatic control of ventilation (Ondine's curse syndrome) is a possible but rare syndrome following localized brainstem dysfunction. We report on a 49-year-old man with intermittent bradycardia, cranial

Three cases of diabetes insipidus following non-cranial trauma are presented. They are believed to be the first of their kind reported. The etiology, pathogenesis and differential diagnosis of diabetes insipidus are discussed. The literature if briefly reviewed and similarities between patients with

The renal effects of clonidine (100 and 500 micrograms/kg s.c.) during acute hypobaric pressure breathing (i.e. a protocol which induces an increase in intrathoracic blood volume) were studied in normal and diabetes insipidus rats. In normal rats, clonidine enhanced the increase in urine flow and

OBJECTIVE The objective of this prospective cohort study was to analyse the characteristics of severe Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in a regional trauma centre Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL) along with its impact of various prognostic factors post Decompressive Craniectomy (DC). METHODS Duration of the

BACKGROUND Little is known of hospital practice in brain death determination, specialty involvement, and followed procedures, including the apnea test. METHODS We reviewed 228 patients pronounced brain dead at Mayo Clinic from 1996 to 2007. We performed a detailed review of clinical determination of

The nurse is never "too prepared" when caring for the multiple organ donor. Some the many complications encountered include tachycardia, hyper/hypotension, hyper/hypothermia, diabetes insipidus, critical fluid and electrolyte imbalances, and hypoxia these are a result of brain stem herniation where

Periodic apnea and exercise hypoventilation were observed in a 14-year-old boy. Hyperphagia, obesity, serum hyperosmolality without diabetes insipidus or appropriate thirst, and retardation of growth and sexual development indicated a hypothalamic disorder. Neurologic evaluation was normal except

Almitrine bismesylate simulates the effects of arterial hypoxia in producing a specific and long-lasting excitation of the peripheral arterial chemoreceptors. Previous work has shown that almitrine produces a diuresis and natriuresis when given intravenously to anaesthetised rats in a stable

A disturbed water and electrolyte homeostasis is not generally held to be a primary mechanism in the pathogenesis of acute mountain sickness (AMS) and high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE), but the association of oliguria and weight gain with AMS and HAPE has led to the hypothesis that water

Traumatic brain injury(TBI)is a major cause of hypothalamopituitary dysfunction. TBI-related hypothalamopituitary dysfunction is more common in the acute phase. Disturbance of pituitary/gonadal axis and growth hormone axis,as well as posterior pituitary dysfunction including central diabetes

There are many common and significant medical complications of head injury. These include (1) cardiovascular problems such as hyperdynamic state, myocardial injury, and dysrhythmias; (2) respiratory changes such as neurogenic pulmonary edema, hypoxia, abnormal ventilatory patterns, pulmonary