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WHAT DO HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEI SYNTHESIZE?
ADH (AVP) AND OXYTOCIN
WHERE ARE ADH AND OXYTOCIN STORED?
POSTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND
WHAT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR THE POSTERIOR PITUITARY?
NEUROHYPOPHYSIS
ACTION OF ADH
ACTS ON RENAL TUBULES TO CAUSE WATER REABSORPTION THAT RESULTS IN URINARY CONCENTRATION
WHAT IS CENTRAL DI?
DEFICIENCY OF ADH SECRETION FROM THE POSTERIOR PUTUITARY
ETIOLOGIES OF CENTRAL DI
PITUITARY SURGERY, TRAUMA TO THE PIT. STALK, INFECTIONS LIKE SYPHILIS OR TB, TUMORS OF THE PITUITARY, INFARCT OR INFLAMMATION OF THE PITUITARY
WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF NEPHROGENIC DI?
RENAL INSENSITIVITY TO ADH
ETIOLOGIES OF NEPHROGENIC DI?
MEDS AND ALCOHOL, CHRONIC RENAL DISEASE, PYELONEPHRITIS, HYPOKALEMIA, CHRONIC HYPERCALCEMIA, SICK CELL ANEMIA, MYELOMA
WHAT TESTS DO YOU DO TO DIAGNOSE DI?
PLASMA AND URINE OSMOLALITY; WATER DEPRIVATION TEST
WHAT DOES A URINE VOLUME LESS THAN 2 LITERS IN 24 HRS IN AN ADULT TELL US?
RULES OUT DI
TREATMENT FOR CENTRAL DI
DESMOPRESSIN ACETATE- LOWEST EFFECTIVE DOSE
TREATMENT FOR NEPHROGENIC DI
INDOMETHACIN- NSAIDS POTENTIATE ADH ACTION AT RENAL TUBULES
TREATMENT FOR CHRONIC AND MILD DI
SIMPLY MAINTAIN ADEQUATE WATER INTAKE---FOR THOSE THAT STAY ASYMPTOMATIC WITH NORMAL ELECTROLYTES
WHAT IS SAIDH?
INAPPROPRIATE SECRETION OF ADH IN THE ABSENCE OF OSMOTIC STIMULUS
CLINICAL CRITERIA FOR SIADH
DECREASED URINE OSMOLALITY AND INAPPROPRAITE CONCENTRATION OF THE URINE
ETIOLOGIES OF SIADH
TUMORS EXCRETING ECTOPIC ADH- SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; SOME OTHER CANCERS; MEDICATION/DRUG INDUCED; LESIONS IN THE PATHWAY OF RECEPTORS- CNS DISORDERS, PULMONARY DISEASE, PAIN, PHYSICAL STRESS, POSTOP
SYMPTOMS OF SIADH
FATIGUE, HA, NAUSEA, ANOREXIA---EVENTUALLY VOMITING AND NEUROLOGIC IMPAIRMENT AS THE SODIUM LEVEL DECREASES
WHAT IS CONSIDERED THE URGENT SODIUM LEVEL- MUST BE TREATED?
LESS THAN 120
COMMON CAUSES OF HYPONATREMIA
CHF, RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, GLUCOCORTICOID INSUFFICIENCY, HYPOTHYROIDISM, USE OF THIAZIDE DIURECTICS (RULE OUT AS A CAUSE BEFORE YOU DETERMINE IT IS SIADH)
HYPONATREMIA, LOW PLASMA OSMOLALITY, NORMAL PLASMA VOLUME INDICATE WHAT CONDITION
SIADH
URINE SODIUM IN SIADH WILL BE GREATER THAN _______.
20
TREATMENT OF SIADH DEPENDS ON WHAT FACTORS (2).
THE DURATION AND THE SEVERITY
IF HYPONATREMIA OCCURS _______________ AND PATIENT IS ____________, YOU TREAT THE SIADH QUICKLY.
QUICKLY; SYMPTOMATIC
IF HYPONATREMIA OCCURS OVER ______ AND PATIENT IS ________________, CORRECT SLOWLY AND WITH _____________ OVER TIME.
TIME; ASYMPTOMATIC; WATER RESTRICTION
WHAT IS THE USE FOR DEMECLOCYCLINE IN SIADH?
USED FOR PATIENTS WHO CANNOT ADHERE TO WATER RESTRICTIONS; IT CAUSES SHORT TERM NEPHROGENIC DI WHICH INHIBITS EFFECT OF ADH ON RENAL TUBULES; HELPS MAINTAIN BALANCE IN EUVOLEMIC PATIENTS
WHAT IS TREATMENT FOR HYPOVOLEMIC PATIENTS WITH SIADH?
ISOTONIC FLUIDS TO SUPPRESS HYPOVOLEMIC STIMULUS FOR ADH RELEASE
WHAT GROUP OF PATIENTS DO WE USE WATER RESTRICTION AS A TX FOR SIADH IN?
EUVOLEMIC PATIENTS- WATER RESTRICTION SO SODIUM INTAKE DOES NOT BECOME DILUTED
IF CNS SYMPTOMS ARE PRESENT IN A PATIENT WITH SYMPTOMATIC HYPONATREMIA (LESS THAN 120 FOR SERUM SODIUM LEVEL USUALLY BUT TREAT IF PRESENT AT ANY LEVEL), WHAT IS THE TX?
REFER TO ENDO/NEURO ASAP; IV SALINE AND LASIX; DEMECLOCYCLINE
NO SYNDROMES OF INCREASED SECRETION OF THIS HORMONE HAVE BEEN DEFINED.
OXYTOCIN
REGULATORS OF ADH SECRETION
OSMORECEPTORS IN THE HYPOTHALAMUS (DETECT OSMOLALITY OF THE BLOOD) AND ATRIAL AND CAROTID BARORECEPTORS (DETECT CIRCULATING VOLUME)
THIS INHIBITS SECRETION OF ADH
ETHANOL
STIMULI FOR SECRETION OF ADH
HEMOCONCENTRATION, HYPOVOLEMIA, HYPOTENSION, INCREASE IN TEMP, N AND V, HORMONES, DRUGS
CLINICAL PRESENTATION OF DI
EXCESS URINE VOLUME (2-20 L PER DAY) AND LOW SPECIFIC GRAVITY; EXCESS POLYDIPSIA AND HYPERNATREMIA, DEHYDRATION, AND HYPOTENSION