Diabetes insipidus in children.
Diabetes insipidus (DI) is one of the common disorders affecting sodium and water homeostasis, and results when ADH is either inadequately produced, or unable to negotiate its actions on the renal collecting tubules through aquaporins. The diagnostic algorithm starts with exclusion of other causes of polyuria and establishing low urine osmolality in the presence of high serum osmolality. In this paper, we have reviewed the diagnosis, etiology and management of DI in children, with special emphasis on recent advances in the field.
Vandana
V
Jain
Aathira
A
Ravindranath
D002648:Child; D003919:Diabetes Insipidus / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans