The diagnosis of diabetes insipidus can be confirmed by continued hypotonic polyuria in the presence of hypernatremia and/or hyperosmolality. [8] Measurement of urine osmolality or specific ...

Adipsic diabetes insipidus (ADI ... deficiency and failure of the thirst response, which together lead to dehydration and severe hypernatremia. In a case series of 13 patients, Crowley et al.

Diabetes insipidus is occasionally observed in malaria ... sodium and potassium are lost in stool as a result of diarrhea. Hypernatremia is uncommon, whereas hypokalemia caused by hyperventilation ...