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DIABETES INSIPIDUS
Dr. Abdelaziz Elamin
MD, PhD, FRCPCH
Professor of Child Health
consultant pediatric
endocrinologist
Sultan Qaboos University
Muscat, Oman.
azizmin@hotmail.com
DIABETES INSIPIDUS
 DI is a disorder resulting from deficiency of
anti-diuretic hormone (ADH) or its action and
is characterized by the passage of copious
amounts of dilute urine.
 It must be differentiated from other polyuric
states such as primary polydipsia & osmotic
duiresis. Central DI is due to failure of the
pituitary gland to secrete adequate ADH.
DIABETES INSIPIDUS /2
 Nephrogenic DI results when the renal
tubules of the kidneys fail to respond to
circulating ADH.
 The resulting renal concentration defect
leads to the loss of large volumes of
dilute urine. This causes cellular and
extracellular dehydration and
hypernatremia.
THE POSTERIOR PITUITARY
 Is composed of nerve fibers that have their
cell bodies in the supraoptic &
paraventricular nuclei of the hypothalamus.
 The neurosecretory cells in these nuclei
synthesize Oxytocin & Vasopressin which
pass down the nerve fibres to be stored in
& released from the posterior pituitary.
REGULATION OF ADH SECRETION
 ADH RELEASE IS STIMULATED BY:
 A PLASMA OSMOLALITY >280 mOsm/l
 A FALL IN PLASMA VOLUME
 EMOTIONAL FACTORS & STRESS
 SLEEP
 OTHER FACTORS
Other ADH Stimulants
CHOLINERGIC STIMULATION
a-ADRENERGIC STIMULATION
ANGIOTENSIN II
PROSTAGLANDIN E
OPIATES
NICOTINE
HISTAMINE
ETHER
PHENOBARBITONE
ADH SECRETION IS INHIBITED BY:
 ALCOHOL
 OROPHARYNGEAL WATER REFLEX
 b-DRENERGIC STIMULANTS
 ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR (ANF)
 PHENYTOIN
ADH
 THE SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS (SON) IS
RESPONSIBLE PREDOMINANTLY FOR
THE SYNTHESIS OF VASOPRESSIN
WHICH IS THE ADH.
 THE CLOSE STRUCTURAL SIMILARITY
OF VASOPRESSIN & OXYTOCIN
EXPLAINS THE OVERLAP OF THEIR
BIOLOGICAL ACTIONS.
ADH (2)
 ADH IS AN OCTAPEPTIDE LIKE OXYTOCIN.
 THE ARGININE VASOPRESSIN IS ADH IN
MAN AND OTHER MAMMALS APART FROM
THE PIG & THE HIPPOPOTAMUS WHERE
LYSINE VASOPRESSIN IS THE ADH.
FUNCTION OF ADH
 PRIMARY EFFECT OF ADH IS ON THE CELLS OF THE
DISTAL TUBULES & COLLECTING DUCTS OF THE
KIDNEY PROMOTING REABSORPTION OF WATER.
 THIS ACTION IS MEDIATED VIA V2-RECEPTORS
THROUGH ACTIVATION OF cAMP AND FORMATION
OF A SPECIFIC PROTEIN KNOWN AS AQUAPORIN.
Actions of ADH (2)
 Beside water, AVP enhances reabsorption of urea
increasing tonicity of the renal medulla allowing
more water to be re-absorbed.
 Acting on v1-receptors in peripheral vessels AVP
causes vaso-constriction & BP. Normally this is
balanced by its inhibitory effect on sympathetic
cardiac stimuli causing bradycardia
Actions of ADH (3)
 DURING HYPOVOLEMIA HIGH PLASMA
LEVELS OF AVP HELP MAINTAIN
TISSUE PERFUSSION.
 A LESSER SECONDARY EFFECT THAT IS
MEDIATED VIA V2 NON-RENAL
RECEPTORS IS STIMULATION OF
SYNTHESIS & RELEASE OF FACTOR VIII
& VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR.
CAUSES OF CENTRAL DI
 IDIOPATHIC (30% OF CASES)
 SUPRASELLAR TUMOURS (30% OF CASES)
 INFECTIONS (ENCEPHALITIS, TB, etc)
 NON-INFECTIOUS GRANULOMA (SARCOID,
HAND-SCHULLER CHRISTIAN DISEASE
 TRAUMA OR SKULL SURGERY
 LEUKAEMIA
CAUSES OF CENTRAL DI (2)
 AUTOIMMUNE ASSOCIATED WITH THYROIDITIS
 FAMILIAL: 2 TYPES AD & X-LINKED
INHERITANCE
 WOLFRAM SYNDROME (ALSO KNOWN AS
DIDMOAD SYNDROME) CHARACTERIZED BY DI,
DM, NERVE DEAFNESS AND OPTIC ATROPHY.
CAUSES OF NEPHROGENIC DI
 PRIMARY FAMILIAL: X-LINKED RECESSIVE
THAT IS SEVERE IN BOYS & MILD IN GIRLS
 SECONDARY TO:
 CHRONIC PYELONEPHRITIS
 HYPOKALEMIA
 HYPERCALCEMIA
 SICKLE CELL DISEASE
 PROTEIN DEPRIVATION
CAUSES OF NEPHROGENIC DI/2
 SECONDARY CAUSES continued:
 AMYLOIDOSIS
 OTHER RENAL DISEASES (chronic renal failure,
obstructive uropathy, polycystic disease)
 SJOGREN SYNDROME
 DRUGS (Lithium, Colchicine, Fluoride, Cidofovir,
Demeclocycline, Methoyflurane)
CLINICAL FEATURES
 POLYURIA, POLYDIPSIA & THIRST
 NOCTURIA OR NOCTURNAL ENURESIS
 HYPERNATREMIC DEHYDRATION
 ANOREXIA, CONSTIPATION & FTT
 HYPERTHERMIA & LACK OF SWEATING
 SYMPTOMS OF UNDERLYING CAUSE
COMPLICATIONS
 HYPERNATREMIC DEHYDRATION & ITS
NEUROLOGICAL SEQUELEA
 GROWTH RETARDATION
 HYDRONEPHROSIS (DUE TO EXCESSIVE
URINE OUTPUT)
DIAGNOSTIC WORKUP
• CAREFUL HISTORY & EXAMINATION
DOCUMENT PRESENCE OF POLYURIA
(USUALLY 4-15 L/24h)
 PRACTICALLY SMILTANEOUS
MEASUREMENT OF PLASMA & URINE
OSMOLALTY ESTABLISH THE DIAGNOSIS
IN MOST CHILDREN WITH SEVERE DI
MAKING A WATER DEPRIVATION TEST
UNNECESSARY
DIAGNOSTIC WORKUP (2)
 URINALYSIS & MICROSCOPY TOGETHER
WITH PLASMA ELECTROLYTES HELP
EXCLUDE MOST OF THE CAUSES OF
POLYURIA
 IN A NORMAL WELL HYDRATED SUBJECT
PLASMA OSMOLALITY IS <290 mOsml/l AND
URINE OSMOLALITY IS 300-450 mOsmol/l
DIAGNOSTIC WORKUP (3)
 IN PATIENTS WITH DI & FREE EXCESS
TO WATER PLASMA OSMOLALITY IS
>295 mOsmol/l & URINE OSOLALITY IS
50-150 mOsmol/l.
 IN PATIENTS WITH DI & FREE EXCESS
TO WATER PLASMA OSMOLALITY IS
>295 mOsmol/l & URINE OSOLALITY IS
50-150 mOsmol/l.
WATER DEPRIVATION TEST
 WATER DEPRIVATION TEST IS NEEDED
FOR PATIENTS WITH PARTIAL AVP
DEFICIENCY & ALSO TO
DIFFERENTIATE DI FROM PRIMARY
POLYDIPSIA WHICH IS VERY RARE IN
CHILDREN
WATER DEPRIVATION TEST (2)
 SHOULD BE DONE IN THE MORNING UNDER
OBSERVATION
 8 HOURS FAST IS ENOUGH FOR CHILDREN
 WEIGH THE CHILD HOURLY AND MEASURE
PLASMA & URINE OSMOLALITY EVERY 2 HOURS
 IN NORMAL SUBJECTS PLASMA OSMOLALITY
HARDLY RISES (< 300) BUT THE URINE OUTPUT IS
REDUCED & ITS OSMOLALITY RISES (800-1200)
WATER DEPRIVATION TEST (3)
 PATIENTS WITH PRIMARY POLYDIPSIA
START WITH LOW NORMAL PLASMA
OSMOLALITY (280) BUT URINE/PLASMA
OSMOLALITY RATIO RISES TO >2 AFTER
DEHYDRATION.
 IN PATIENTS WITH DI THE PLASMA BUT NOT
THE URINE OSMOLALITY RISES AND U/P
OSMOLALITY RATIO REMAINS < 1.5
WATER DEPRIVATION TEST (4)
 AT THE END OF THE TEST, ADH IS GIVEN
(20 mg DDAVP INTRNASALLY OR 2 mg
I.M.) AND FLUID INTAKE ALLOWED.
 CONCENTRATION OF THE DILUTE URINE
CONFIRMS CENTRAL DI AND FAILURE
SUGGEST NEPHROGENIC CAUSES
TREATMENT
 DESMOPRESSIN (DDAVP) A SYNTHETIC
ANALOG IS SUPERIOR TO NATIVE AVP
BECAUSE:
 IT HAS LONGER DURATION OF ACTION (8-
10 h vs 2-3 h)
 MORE POTENT
 ITS ANTIDIURETIC ACTIVITY IS 3000
TIMES GREATER THAN ITS PRESSOR
ACTIVITY
DDAVP
 USUALLY GIVEN INTRANASALLY BUT
CAN BE GIVEN ORALLY OR I.M. FOR
COMATOSE PATIENTS OR DURING
SURGERY.
 DDAVP CAN ALSO BE USED IN MILD
HAEMOPHILIA OR VON WILLEBRAND
DISEASE AND AS TREATMENT FOR
NOCTURNAL ENURESIS IN CHILDREN
TREATMENT OF NEPHROGENIC DI
 PROVISION OF ADEQUATE FLUIDS &
CALORIE
 LOW SODIUM DIET
 DIURETICS
 HIGH DOSE OF DDAVP
 CORRECTION OF UNDERLYING CAUSE
 DRUGS (Indomethacin, Chlorprooramide,
Clofibrate & Carbamazepine)

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19961.PPT

  • 1. DIABETES INSIPIDUS Dr. Abdelaziz Elamin MD, PhD, FRCPCH Professor of Child Health consultant pediatric endocrinologist Sultan Qaboos University Muscat, Oman. azizmin@hotmail.com
  • 2. DIABETES INSIPIDUS  DI is a disorder resulting from deficiency of anti-diuretic hormone (ADH) or its action and is characterized by the passage of copious amounts of dilute urine.  It must be differentiated from other polyuric states such as primary polydipsia & osmotic duiresis. Central DI is due to failure of the pituitary gland to secrete adequate ADH.
  • 3. DIABETES INSIPIDUS /2  Nephrogenic DI results when the renal tubules of the kidneys fail to respond to circulating ADH.  The resulting renal concentration defect leads to the loss of large volumes of dilute urine. This causes cellular and extracellular dehydration and hypernatremia.
  • 4. THE POSTERIOR PITUITARY  Is composed of nerve fibers that have their cell bodies in the supraoptic & paraventricular nuclei of the hypothalamus.  The neurosecretory cells in these nuclei synthesize Oxytocin & Vasopressin which pass down the nerve fibres to be stored in & released from the posterior pituitary.
  • 5. REGULATION OF ADH SECRETION  ADH RELEASE IS STIMULATED BY:  A PLASMA OSMOLALITY >280 mOsm/l  A FALL IN PLASMA VOLUME  EMOTIONAL FACTORS & STRESS  SLEEP  OTHER FACTORS
  • 6. Other ADH Stimulants CHOLINERGIC STIMULATION a-ADRENERGIC STIMULATION ANGIOTENSIN II PROSTAGLANDIN E OPIATES NICOTINE HISTAMINE ETHER PHENOBARBITONE
  • 7. ADH SECRETION IS INHIBITED BY:  ALCOHOL  OROPHARYNGEAL WATER REFLEX  b-DRENERGIC STIMULANTS  ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR (ANF)  PHENYTOIN
  • 8. ADH  THE SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS (SON) IS RESPONSIBLE PREDOMINANTLY FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF VASOPRESSIN WHICH IS THE ADH.  THE CLOSE STRUCTURAL SIMILARITY OF VASOPRESSIN & OXYTOCIN EXPLAINS THE OVERLAP OF THEIR BIOLOGICAL ACTIONS.
  • 9. ADH (2)  ADH IS AN OCTAPEPTIDE LIKE OXYTOCIN.  THE ARGININE VASOPRESSIN IS ADH IN MAN AND OTHER MAMMALS APART FROM THE PIG & THE HIPPOPOTAMUS WHERE LYSINE VASOPRESSIN IS THE ADH.
  • 10. FUNCTION OF ADH  PRIMARY EFFECT OF ADH IS ON THE CELLS OF THE DISTAL TUBULES & COLLECTING DUCTS OF THE KIDNEY PROMOTING REABSORPTION OF WATER.  THIS ACTION IS MEDIATED VIA V2-RECEPTORS THROUGH ACTIVATION OF cAMP AND FORMATION OF A SPECIFIC PROTEIN KNOWN AS AQUAPORIN.
  • 11. Actions of ADH (2)  Beside water, AVP enhances reabsorption of urea increasing tonicity of the renal medulla allowing more water to be re-absorbed.  Acting on v1-receptors in peripheral vessels AVP causes vaso-constriction & BP. Normally this is balanced by its inhibitory effect on sympathetic cardiac stimuli causing bradycardia
  • 12. Actions of ADH (3)  DURING HYPOVOLEMIA HIGH PLASMA LEVELS OF AVP HELP MAINTAIN TISSUE PERFUSSION.  A LESSER SECONDARY EFFECT THAT IS MEDIATED VIA V2 NON-RENAL RECEPTORS IS STIMULATION OF SYNTHESIS & RELEASE OF FACTOR VIII & VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR.
  • 13. CAUSES OF CENTRAL DI  IDIOPATHIC (30% OF CASES)  SUPRASELLAR TUMOURS (30% OF CASES)  INFECTIONS (ENCEPHALITIS, TB, etc)  NON-INFECTIOUS GRANULOMA (SARCOID, HAND-SCHULLER CHRISTIAN DISEASE  TRAUMA OR SKULL SURGERY  LEUKAEMIA
  • 14. CAUSES OF CENTRAL DI (2)  AUTOIMMUNE ASSOCIATED WITH THYROIDITIS  FAMILIAL: 2 TYPES AD & X-LINKED INHERITANCE  WOLFRAM SYNDROME (ALSO KNOWN AS DIDMOAD SYNDROME) CHARACTERIZED BY DI, DM, NERVE DEAFNESS AND OPTIC ATROPHY.
  • 15. CAUSES OF NEPHROGENIC DI  PRIMARY FAMILIAL: X-LINKED RECESSIVE THAT IS SEVERE IN BOYS & MILD IN GIRLS  SECONDARY TO:  CHRONIC PYELONEPHRITIS  HYPOKALEMIA  HYPERCALCEMIA  SICKLE CELL DISEASE  PROTEIN DEPRIVATION
  • 16. CAUSES OF NEPHROGENIC DI/2  SECONDARY CAUSES continued:  AMYLOIDOSIS  OTHER RENAL DISEASES (chronic renal failure, obstructive uropathy, polycystic disease)  SJOGREN SYNDROME  DRUGS (Lithium, Colchicine, Fluoride, Cidofovir, Demeclocycline, Methoyflurane)
  • 17. CLINICAL FEATURES  POLYURIA, POLYDIPSIA & THIRST  NOCTURIA OR NOCTURNAL ENURESIS  HYPERNATREMIC DEHYDRATION  ANOREXIA, CONSTIPATION & FTT  HYPERTHERMIA & LACK OF SWEATING  SYMPTOMS OF UNDERLYING CAUSE
  • 18. COMPLICATIONS  HYPERNATREMIC DEHYDRATION & ITS NEUROLOGICAL SEQUELEA  GROWTH RETARDATION  HYDRONEPHROSIS (DUE TO EXCESSIVE URINE OUTPUT)
  • 19. DIAGNOSTIC WORKUP • CAREFUL HISTORY & EXAMINATION DOCUMENT PRESENCE OF POLYURIA (USUALLY 4-15 L/24h)  PRACTICALLY SMILTANEOUS MEASUREMENT OF PLASMA & URINE OSMOLALTY ESTABLISH THE DIAGNOSIS IN MOST CHILDREN WITH SEVERE DI MAKING A WATER DEPRIVATION TEST UNNECESSARY
  • 20. DIAGNOSTIC WORKUP (2)  URINALYSIS & MICROSCOPY TOGETHER WITH PLASMA ELECTROLYTES HELP EXCLUDE MOST OF THE CAUSES OF POLYURIA  IN A NORMAL WELL HYDRATED SUBJECT PLASMA OSMOLALITY IS <290 mOsml/l AND URINE OSMOLALITY IS 300-450 mOsmol/l
  • 21. DIAGNOSTIC WORKUP (3)  IN PATIENTS WITH DI & FREE EXCESS TO WATER PLASMA OSMOLALITY IS >295 mOsmol/l & URINE OSOLALITY IS 50-150 mOsmol/l.  IN PATIENTS WITH DI & FREE EXCESS TO WATER PLASMA OSMOLALITY IS >295 mOsmol/l & URINE OSOLALITY IS 50-150 mOsmol/l.
  • 22. WATER DEPRIVATION TEST  WATER DEPRIVATION TEST IS NEEDED FOR PATIENTS WITH PARTIAL AVP DEFICIENCY & ALSO TO DIFFERENTIATE DI FROM PRIMARY POLYDIPSIA WHICH IS VERY RARE IN CHILDREN
  • 23. WATER DEPRIVATION TEST (2)  SHOULD BE DONE IN THE MORNING UNDER OBSERVATION  8 HOURS FAST IS ENOUGH FOR CHILDREN  WEIGH THE CHILD HOURLY AND MEASURE PLASMA & URINE OSMOLALITY EVERY 2 HOURS  IN NORMAL SUBJECTS PLASMA OSMOLALITY HARDLY RISES (< 300) BUT THE URINE OUTPUT IS REDUCED & ITS OSMOLALITY RISES (800-1200)
  • 24. WATER DEPRIVATION TEST (3)  PATIENTS WITH PRIMARY POLYDIPSIA START WITH LOW NORMAL PLASMA OSMOLALITY (280) BUT URINE/PLASMA OSMOLALITY RATIO RISES TO >2 AFTER DEHYDRATION.  IN PATIENTS WITH DI THE PLASMA BUT NOT THE URINE OSMOLALITY RISES AND U/P OSMOLALITY RATIO REMAINS < 1.5
  • 25. WATER DEPRIVATION TEST (4)  AT THE END OF THE TEST, ADH IS GIVEN (20 mg DDAVP INTRNASALLY OR 2 mg I.M.) AND FLUID INTAKE ALLOWED.  CONCENTRATION OF THE DILUTE URINE CONFIRMS CENTRAL DI AND FAILURE SUGGEST NEPHROGENIC CAUSES
  • 26. TREATMENT  DESMOPRESSIN (DDAVP) A SYNTHETIC ANALOG IS SUPERIOR TO NATIVE AVP BECAUSE:  IT HAS LONGER DURATION OF ACTION (8- 10 h vs 2-3 h)  MORE POTENT  ITS ANTIDIURETIC ACTIVITY IS 3000 TIMES GREATER THAN ITS PRESSOR ACTIVITY
  • 27. DDAVP  USUALLY GIVEN INTRANASALLY BUT CAN BE GIVEN ORALLY OR I.M. FOR COMATOSE PATIENTS OR DURING SURGERY.  DDAVP CAN ALSO BE USED IN MILD HAEMOPHILIA OR VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE AND AS TREATMENT FOR NOCTURNAL ENURESIS IN CHILDREN
  • 28. TREATMENT OF NEPHROGENIC DI  PROVISION OF ADEQUATE FLUIDS & CALORIE  LOW SODIUM DIET  DIURETICS  HIGH DOSE OF DDAVP  CORRECTION OF UNDERLYING CAUSE  DRUGS (Indomethacin, Chlorprooramide, Clofibrate & Carbamazepine)