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All articles tagged: Polydipsia (R63.1)

HealthDay 02 January at 11.53 PM

Eating Heart-Healthy Diet Before Cardiac Catheterization Is Safe

For patients undergoing elective cardiac catheterization, eating a heart-healthy diet prior to the procedure poses no safety risk, according to a study published online Jan. 1 in the American Journal of Critical Care.Carri Woods, R.N., from the Parkview Heart Institute in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and colleagues conducted a prospective rando

HealthDay 16 November at 04.52 PM

Hypertonic Saline-Stimulated Copeptin Better for Diagnosis of Arginine Vasopressin Deficiency

Arginine vasopressin (AVP) deficiency is more accurately diagnosed with hypertonic saline-stimulated copeptin than with arginine-stimulated copeptin among adults with polyuria polydipsia syndrome, according to a study published in the Nov. 16 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.Julie Refardt, M.D., Ph.D., from the University