Summary
Definition
History and exam
Key diagnostic factors
- past medical hx of mental illness or developmental disability
- water-seeking and drinking
Other diagnostic factors
- polyuria
- headache or nausea
- lethargy or confusion
- seizures, delirium, or coma
Risk factors
- mental illness
- anxious, middle-aged women
- developmental disability disorders
- smoking
Diagnostic investigations
1st investigations to order
- plasma osmolality
- urine osmolality
- urine sodium
- serum sodium
- 24-hour urine volume
- urinalysis
- serum BUN
- water restriction test
Treatment algorithm
Contributors
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Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Department of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science
University of South Carolina School of Medicine
Columbia
SC
Disclosures
SS declares that she has no competing interests.
Chair of the Department of Neuropsychiatry
Department of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science
University of South Carolina School of Medicine
Columbia
SC
Disclosures
MN declares that she has no competing interests.
Dr Shilpa Srinivasan and Dr Meera Narasimhan would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Emily Williams and Dr Brian Dundas, previous contributors to this monograph. EW and BD declare that they have no competing interests.
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Assistant Clinical Professor of Child Psychiatry
Yale School of Medicine
Medical Director of Psychiatry
Clifford W. Beers Guidance Clinic
New Haven
CT
Disclosures
PJvW declares that he has no competing interests.
Neuropsychiatric Hospital "Dr Ivan Barbot"
Popovaca
Croatia
Disclosures
BM is an author of a reference cited in this monograph.
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