Cerebral salt-wasting syndrome is a term first used incorrectly in the 1950's to describe patients who, in fact, experienced the syndrome of inappropriate ADH secretion. Many authors have subsequently ...

Two physiologic mechanisms control the release of ADH from the posterior pituitary gland. [5] First, an increase in serum osmolality stimulates osmoreceptors in the hypothalamus, which causes the ...

In our review, we considered the laboratory evaluation of hyponatremic patients.1 In hospital patients with hyponatremia, the syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) is ...

Background A 58-year-old schizophrenic male who had been drinking at least 4–5 l of pure water every day for 30 years was admitted to a hospital with complaints of nausea, fatigue, and irregular, ...

Pituitary gland disorders occur when the pituitary gland produces too little or too much of certain hormones. Some examples are Cushing’s disease, empty sella syndrome, and acromegaly. Pituitary gland ...

Diabetes insipidus (DI) is a condition that arises either due to the body’s inability to produce sufficient quantities of the hormone known as antidiuretic hormone (ADH) or the body’s inability to ...

Drugs are a common cause of the syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) in the elderly. The mechanism of action by which a drug interferes with the normal secretion and ...