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Delay in desmopressin therapy: Disaster in waiting
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Delay in desmopressin therapy: Disaster in waiting

Christian Kroll and Arya Zandvakili
Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics, Vol.47(12), pp.2376-2378
2022
DOI: 10.1111/jcpt.13807
PMCID: PMC10100437
PMID: 36376238
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https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpt.13807View
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Abstract

What Is Known and Objective Central diabetes insipidus (DI) is a complex disease that requires firm adherence to desmopressin therapy. There is little information on the onset of hypernatremia after withdrawal of desmopressin. Case Summary We present a case of an elderly woman with central DI whose serum sodium jumped from 141 to 171 mEq/L after 48-72 h of holding oral desmopressin. Her DI crisis resolved with intravenous desmopressin and free water administration. What Is New and Conclusion Based on this precipitous onset of DI crisis, we recommend not withholding desmopressin for more than 24 h.
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