title: The Syndrome of Inappropriate Secretion of Anti-Diuretic Hormone (SIADH) and Brucellosis.
abstract: BACKGROUND Our study aimed to demonstrate the frequency of the syndrome of inappropriate ADH secretion (SIADH) and associated factors during the course of brucellosis in children and adolescents. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study included children and adolescents aged 0-18 years old diagnosed with brucellosis between 2012 and 2014. The data were collected from patient charts. The diagnosis of brucellosis was made based on titrations >1:160 in standard Wright tube agglutination tests and/or positive culture tests. SIADH diagnosis was made based on the following criteria: euvolemic hyponatremia, serum Na+ <135 mmol/L, presence of serum hypoosmolarity (serum osmolarity <275 mOsm/L), increased urinary sodium (>25 mmol/L with normal dietary salt intake), low uric acid (<2 mg/dL), absence of kidney, thyroid or adrenal disease, and any anti-diuretic use. RESULTS The study included 160 children and adolescents with mean age of 9.58±3.95 years (range: 2-18 years) including 70 girls (43.8%) and 90 boys (56.2%). When the patients were stratified based on SIADH, it was found that SIADH was present in 35 patients (21.9%). SIADH was associated with elevated glucose (p<0.001), ALT (p<0.05), AST (p<0.05), LDH (p<0.001), CRP (p<0.001), and MPV (p<0.001); and decreased potassium (p<0.05), chloride (p<0.001), albumin (p<0.001), total protein (p<0.05), and hemoglobin (p<0.05) levels. CONCLUSIONS Our study reports on the frequency, clinical characteristics, predisposing factors, and management of SIADH that can develop in children and adolescents diagnosed with brucellosis.
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, Yüzüncü Yil University, Van, Turkey.
authors: Keziban Aslı
authors: KA
authors: Bala
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, Yüzüncü Yil University, Van, Turkey.
authors: Murat
authors: M
authors: Doğan
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, Yüzüncü Yil University, Van, Turkey.
authors: Sultan
authors: S
authors: Kaba
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, Yüzüncü Yil University, Van, Turkey.
authors: Sinan
authors: S
authors: Akbayram
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, Yüzüncü Yil University, Van, Turkey.
authors: Oktay
authors: O
authors: Aslan
authors: Department of Pediatrics Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Medical School, Yüzüncü Yil University, Van, Turkey.
authors: Selami
authors: S
authors: Kocaman
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, Yüzüncü Yil University, Van, Turkey.
authors: Gülsüm İclal
authors: Gİ
authors: Bayhan
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, Yüzüncü Yil University, Van, Turkey.
authors: Lokman
authors: L
authors: Üstyol
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, Yüzüncü Yil University, Van, Turkey.
authors: Nihat
authors: N
authors: Demir
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006728:Hormones / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007177:Inappropriate ADH Syndrome / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012621:Seasons
chemical_list: D006728:Hormones