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Turkmen E, Karatas A, Altindal M. Factors affecting prognosis of the patients with severe hyponatremia. Nefrologia 2022; 42:196-202. [PMID: 36153916 DOI: 10.1016/j.nefroe.2022.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2020] [Accepted: 03/05/2021] [Indexed: 06/16/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Hyponatremia is one of the most common electrolyte abnormalities in clinical practice. Data regarding factors that have impact on mortality of severe hyponatremia and outcomes of its therapeutic management is insufficient. The present study aimed to examine the factors associated with mortality and the outcomes of treatment in patients with severe hyponatremia. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients with serum Na≤115mequiv./L who were admitted to Ordu State Hospital and Ordu University Training and Research Hospital between 2014 and 2018 were included in the study. Demographic and laboratory features, severity of the symptoms, comorbid diseases, medications, and clinical outcome measures of the patients were obtained retrospectively from their medical records. Factors associated with in-hospital mortality, overcorrection and undercorrection were assessed. RESULTS A total of 145 patients (median age 69 years and 58.6% female) met inclusion criteria. Diuretic use was the most common etiologic factor for severe hyponatremia that present in 50 (34.5%) patients. Sixty-seven (46.2%) patients had moderately severe while 8 patients (5.5%) had severe symptoms. The median increase in serum Na 24h after admission in the study population was 8.9mequiv./L (-6 to 19). Nonoptimal correction was seen in 92 (63.4%) patients. Hypertonic saline use was associated with overcorrection (OR, 3.07; 95% CI: 1.47-6.39; p=0.002). Avoidance of hypertonic saline (aOR, 2.52; 95% CI: 1.12-5.66; p=0.029) and having neuropsychiatric disorder (aOR, 2.60; 95% CI: 1.10-6.11; p=0.025) were associated with undercorrection. In-hospital mortality rate was 12.4% and having CKD and cancer, undercorrection of sodium and presence of severe symptoms were significantly associated with in-hospital mortality. CONCLUSION Severe hyponatremia in hospitalized patients is associated with substantial mortality. The incidence of non-optimal correction of serum Na is high; under-correction, presence of severe symptoms, chronic kidney disease and cancer were the factors that increase mortality rate.
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- Ercan Turkmen
- Nephrology, Ondokuz Mayis University Faculty of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey.
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- Nephrology, Ordu University Faculty of Medicine, Ordu, Turkey
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- Nephrology, Bahcelievler Medical Park Hospital, Altinbas University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Turkmen E, Karatas A, Altindal M. Factors affecting prognosis of the patients with severe hyponatremia. Nefrologia 2021; 42:S0211-6995(21)00102-8. [PMID: 34154847 DOI: 10.1016/j.nefro.2021.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2020] [Revised: 02/21/2021] [Accepted: 03/05/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Hyponatremia is one of the most common electrolyte abnormalities in clinical practice. Data regarding factors that have impact on mortality of severe hyponatremia and outcomes of its therapeutic management is insufficient. The present study aimed to examine the factors associated with mortality and the outcomes of treatment in patients with severe hyponatremia. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients with serum Na≤115mequiv./L who were admitted to Ordu State Hospital and Ordu University Training and Research Hospital between 2014 and 2018 were included in the study. Demographic and laboratory features, severity of the symptoms, comorbid diseases, medications, and clinical outcome measures of the patients were obtained retrospectively from their medical records. Factors associated with in-hospital mortality, overcorrection and undercorrection were assessed. RESULTS A total of 145 patients (median age 69 years and 58.6% female) met inclusion criteria. Diuretic use was the most common etiologic factor for severe hyponatremia that present in 50 (34.5%) patients. Sixty-seven (46.2%) patients had moderately severe while 8 patients (5.5%) had severe symptoms. The median increase in serum Na 24h after admission in the study population was 8.9mequiv./L (-6 to 19). Nonoptimal correction was seen in 92 (63.4%) patients. Hypertonic saline use was associated with overcorrection (OR, 3.07; 95% CI: 1.47-6.39; p=0.002). Avoidance of hypertonic saline (aOR, 2.52; 95% CI: 1.12-5.66; p=0.029) and having neuropsychiatric disorder (aOR, 2.60; 95% CI: 1.10-6.11; p=0.025) were associated with undercorrection. In-hospital mortality rate was 12.4% and having CKD and cancer, undercorrection of sodium and presence of severe symptoms were significantly associated with in-hospital mortality. CONCLUSION Severe hyponatremia in hospitalized patients is associated with substantial mortality. The incidence of non-optimal correction of serum Na is high; under-correction, presence of severe symptoms, chronic kidney disease and cancer were the factors that increase mortality rate.
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- Ercan Turkmen
- Nephrology, Ondokuz Mayis University Faculty of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey.
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- Nephrology, Ordu University Faculty of Medicine, Ordu, Turkey
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- Nephrology, Bahcelievler Medical Park Hospital, Altinbas University, Istanbul, Turkey
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In primary polydipsia pathologically high levels of water intake physiologically lower arginine vasopressin (AVP) secretion, and in this way mirror the secondary polydipsia in diabetes insipidus in which pathologically low levels of AVP (or renal responsiveness to AVP) physiologically increase water intake. Primary polydipsia covers several disorders whose clinical features and significance, risk factors, pathophysiology and treatment are reviewed here. While groupings may appear somewhat arbitrary, they are associated with distinct alterations in physiologic parameters of water balance. The polydipsia is typically unrelated to homeostatic regulation of water intake, but instead reflects non-homeostatic influences. Recent technological advances, summarized here, have disentangled functional neurocircuits underlying both homeostatic and non-homeostatic physiologic influences, which provides an opportunity to better define the mechanisms of the disorders. We summarize this recent literature, highlighting hypothalamic circuitry that appears most clearly positioned to contribute to primary polydipsia. The life-threatening water imbalance in psychotic disorders is caused by an anterior hippocampal induced stress-diathesis that can be reproduced in animal models, and involves phylogenetically preserved pathways that appear likely to include one or more of these circuits. Ongoing translational neuroscience studies in these animal models may potentially localize reversible pathological changes which contribute to both the water imbalance and psychotic disorder.
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- Leeda Ahmadi
- Department of Psychiatry, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.
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Mutu Pek T, Yazici E, Guzel D, Kose E, Yazıcı AB, Erol A. The relationship between oxytocin, vasopressin and atrial natriuretic peptide levels and cognitive functions in patients with schizophrenia. PSYCHIAT CLIN PSYCH 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/24750573.2019.1653149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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- Tugba Mutu Pek
- Afyonkarahisar Dinar State Hospital Clinic of Psychiatry, Afyon, Turkey
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- Department of Psychiatry, Medical Faculty, Sakarya University, Sakarya, Turkey
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- Department of Physiology, Medical Faculty, Sakarya University, Sakarya, Turkey
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- Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Sakarya University, Sakarya, Turkey
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- Department of Psychiatry, Medical Faculty, Sakarya University, Sakarya, Turkey
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- Department of Psychiatry, Medical Faculty, Sakarya University, Sakarya, Turkey
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Okyar E, Bozatlı L, Görker I, Okyar S. Psychogenic polydipsia associated with sertraline treatment: a case report. PSYCHIAT CLIN PSYCH 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/24750573.2018.1445897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022] Open
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- Esra Okyar
- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey
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- Faculty of Medicine, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey
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Disorders of sodium and water metabolism are frequently encountered in hospitalized patients. Hyponatremia in critically ill patients can cause significant morbidity and mortality. Inappropriate treatment of hyponatremia can add to the problem. The diagnosis and management of salt and water abnormalities in critically ill patients is often challenging. The increasing knowledge about aquaporins and the role of vasopressin in water metabolism has enhanced our understanding of these disorders. The authors have outlined the general approach to the diagnosis and management of hyponatremia. A systematic approach by clinicians, using a detailed history, physical examination, and relevant diagnostic tests, will assist in efficient management of salt and water problems.
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- T J Vachharajani
- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center and Overton Brooks Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Shreveport, LA 71130, USA
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Ko AR, Kim SJ, Jung MK, Kim KE, Chae HW, Kim DH, Kim HS, Kwon AR. Hypotonic hyponatremia by primary polydipsia caused brain death in a 10-year-old boy. Ann Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 2015; 20:166-9. [PMID: 26512354 PMCID: PMC4623346 DOI: 10.6065/apem.2015.20.3.166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2015] [Revised: 08/09/2015] [Accepted: 08/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Hypotonic hyponatremia by primary polydipsia can cause severe neurologic complications due to cerebral edema. A 10-year-and-4-month-old boy with a psychiatric history of intellectual disability and behavioral disorders who presented with chief complaints of seizure and mental change showed severe hypotonic hyponatremia with low urine osmolality (serum sodium, 101 mmol/L; serum osmolality, 215 mOsm/kg; urine osmolality, 108 mOsm/kg). The patient had been polydipsic for a few months prior, and this had been worse in the previous few days. A diagnosis of hypotonic hyponatremia caused by primary polydipsia was made. The patient was in a coma, and developed respiratory arrest and became brain death shortly after admission, despite the treatment. The initial brain magnetic resonance imaging showed severe brain swelling with tonsillar and uncal herniation, and the patient was declared as brain death. It has been reported that antidiuretic hormone suppression is inadequate in patients with chronic polydipsia, and that this inadequate suppression of antidiuretic hormone is aggravated in patients with acute psychosis. Therefore, hyponatremia by primary polydipsia, although it is rare, can cause serious and life-threatening neurologic complications.
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- A Ra Ko
- Department of Pediatrics, Severance Children's Hospital, Institute of Endocrinology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Severance Children's Hospital, Institute of Endocrinology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Severance Children's Hospital, Institute of Endocrinology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Severance Children's Hospital, Institute of Endocrinology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Severance Children's Hospital, Institute of Endocrinology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Severance Children's Hospital, Institute of Endocrinology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Severance Children's Hospital, Institute of Endocrinology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Narcı H. Acute pulmonary edema due to excessive water intake in pyschiatric patient. IRANIAN RED CRESCENT MEDICAL JOURNAL 2013; 15:375-6. [PMID: 24083018 PMCID: PMC3785919 DOI: 10.5812/ircmj.2228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2011] [Revised: 02/03/2012] [Accepted: 02/08/2012] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Hüseyin Narcı
- Baskent University, Emergency Department, Konya, Turkey
- Corresponding author: Hüseyin Narcı, Başkent Üniversitesi, Hoca Cihan mah. Saray Cad. No. 1 Selçuklu/ Konya, Turkey, Tel: +90-5063053233, Fax: +90-332257063, E-mail:
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Psychogenic Polydipsia in an Opiate Addict With Bipolar II: A Case Report. J Addict Med 2011; 4:246-9. [PMID: 21769045 DOI: 10.1097/adm.0b013e3181cdaa0c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Duraiswamy K, Rao NP, Venkatasubramanian G, Behere RV, Varambally SS, Gangadhar BN. Psychogenic polydipsia in bipolar affective disorder--a case report. Gen Hosp Psychiatry 2011; 33:84.e9-10. [PMID: 21353144 DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2010.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2010] [Revised: 11/03/2010] [Accepted: 11/03/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Polydipsia is a less examined but prevalent condition in patients with psychiatric disorders. It is usually described in schizophrenia but is rarely reported in bipolar affective disorder (BPAD). It is important to recognize and treat this entity as it can lead to serious complications. One needs to be cautious in choosing the mood stabilizer while treating this condition. We report the successful treatment of a patient with BPAD and polydipsia on a combination of valproate and risperidone.
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- Karthik Duraiswamy
- Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore-560029, India
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Mannesse CK, van Puijenbroek EP, Jansen PA, van Marum RJ, Souverein PC, Egberts TC. Hyponatraemia as an Adverse Drug Reaction of Antipsychotic Drugs. Drug Saf 2010; 33:569-78. [DOI: 10.2165/11532560-000000000-00000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Poirier S, Legris G, Tremblay P, Michea R, Viau-Guay L, Mérette C, Bouchard RH, Maziade M, Roy MA. Schizophrenia patients with polydipsia and water intoxication are characterized by greater severity of psychotic illness and a more frequent history of alcohol abuse. Schizophr Res 2010; 118:285-91. [PMID: 20096540 DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2009.12.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2009] [Revised: 12/29/2009] [Accepted: 12/30/2009] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Polydipsia and water intoxication (PWI) are relatively frequent among schizophrenic subjects, particularly in institutional settings and may lead to severe complications. However, little is known on their association with other characteristics of psychosis. Hence, we took advantage of a cohort of 114 subjects extensively assessed on natural history and clinical variables to examine the correlates of PWI in chronic schizophrenia. We randomly sampled DSM-IV schizophrenic subjects from: i) a lower functioning subgroup, i.e., long-term psychiatric wards or highly structured group housing facilities; and ii) a higher functioning subgroup, i.e., patients living in the community without supervision. Subjects were assessed from multiple sources for lifetime severity of positive, disorganisation, negative and depressive symptoms, premorbid adjustment, age of onset, level of functioning, comorbid diagnoses of substance abuse and lifetime history of PWI. Twelve subjects (10.5%) met our PWI criteria. We observed more severe psychotic symptoms, earlier onset, poorer current adjustment and more frequent prior alcohol use disorder in PWI subjects. When restricting comparisons to patients living in institutional setting, differences on clinical and natural history variables vanished but the association between PWI and prior alcohol abuse persisted (72.7% in PWI vs. 21.4% in non-PWI subjects, p<0.01). Onset of alcohol abuse predated the onset of PWI by a mean of 12.8 years. PWI schizophrenic subjects are characterized by a non-specific greater severity on a broad array of clinical and natural history variables and by a specific association with prior alcohol abuse. Thus, our data suggest that a greater severity of illness and a prior history of alcohol use disorders interact in increasing the risk of developing PWI in chronic schizophrenic patients.
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- Simon Poirier
- Centre de Recherche Universite Laval Robert-Giffard, Beauport, QC, Canada
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Meulendijks D, Mannesse CK, Jansen PA, van Marum RJ, Egberts TC. Antipsychotic-Induced Hyponatraemia. Drug Saf 2010; 33:101-14. [DOI: 10.2165/11319070-000000000-00000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Hyponatraemia is a commonly encountered electrolyte abnormality in hospitalised patients and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The fact that most cases of hyponatraemia are the result of water imbalance rather than sodium imbalance underscores the role of antidiuretic hormone (ADH) in the pathophysiology. Hyponatraemia can be classified according to the measured plasma osmolality as isotonic, hypertonic or hypotonic. Hyponatraemia with a normal plasma osmolality usually indicates pseudohyponatraemia, while hyponatraemia because of a high plasma osmolality is typically caused by hyperglycaemia. After excluding isotonic and hypertonic causes, hypotonic hyponatraemia is further classified according to the volume status of the patient as hypovolaemic, hypervolaemic or euvolaemic. Hypovolaemic hyponatraemia is accompanied by extracellular fluid (ECF) volume deficit, while hypervolaemic hyponatraemia manifests with ECF volume expansion. The syndrome of inappropriate ADH (SIADH) should be suspected in any patient with euvolaemic hyponatraemia with a urine osmolality above 100 mOsm/kg and urine sodium concentration above 40 mEq/l. In the management of any hyponatraemia regardless of the patient's volume status, it is advised to restrict free water and hypotonic fluid intake. Hypertonic saline and vasopressin antagonists can be used to correct symptomatic hyponatraemia. The rate of correction is dependent upon the duration, degree of hyponatraemia and the presence or absence of symptoms. Symptomatic acute hyponatraemia (< 48 h) is a medical emergency requiring rapid correction to prevent the worsening of brain oedema. In asymptomatic patients with chronic hyponatraemia (> 48 h or unknown duration), fluid restriction and close monitoring alone are sufficient, while a slow correction by 0.5 mEq/l/h may be attempted in symptomatic patients. Excessive rapid correction should be avoided in both acute and chronic hyponatraemia, because it can lead to irreversible neurological complications including central osmotic demyelination.
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- P Reddy
- Department of Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, FL 32209, USA
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BACKGROUND Hyponatremia (serum sodium concentration < 136 mEq/L) is a prevalent and potentially dangerous medical comorbidity in psychiatric patients. METHODS MEDLINE was used to identify peer-reviewed publications that described the role of arginine vasopressin (AVP) in the pathogenesis of hyponatremia, the presentation and treatment of hyponatremia in psychiatric patients, and promising new treatment options. RESULTS Polydipsia may lead to hyponatremia in patients with schizophrenia, which is mediated, in part, by a reduced osmotic threshold for the release of AVP and by a defect in the osmoregulation of thirst. Acute-onset hyponatremia may require emergent treatment with hypertonic (3%) saline, whereas chronic cases mandate gradual correction to minimize the risk of osmotic demyelination. The AVP-receptor antagonists, including conivaptan, tolvaptan, lixivaptan, and satavaptan, represent a therapeutic advance in the treatment of dilutional hyponatremia. CONCLUSION Based on the role of AVP in the development of hyponatremia, further studies are warranted to determine the efficacy of the AVP-receptor antagonists in psychiatric patients with hyponatremia.
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- Arthur J Siegel
- Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA 02478, USA.
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Egger C, Muehlbacher M, Nickel M, Geretsegger C, Stuppaeck C. A review on hyponatremia associated with SSRIs, reboxetine and venlafaxine. Int J Psychiatry Clin Pract 2006; 10:17-26. [PMID: 24926764 DOI: 10.1080/13651500500410216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Hyponatremia, defined as serum sodium below 135 mmol/l, is a potentially life-threatening condition and was shown to be more frequent in elderly and psychiatric patients. In the last years numerous case reports on SSRI- and venlafaxine-induced hyponatremia were published indicating a higher incidence than previously thought. Only few studies have been performed and the incidence reported varies widely from 4.6/1000 people to 25%. It is still unclear if any single SSRI shows a higher incidence of hyponatremia than the others. Some data suggest that venlafaxine may have a stronger association to hyponatremia than SSRIs. Risk factors include age, female sex, low body mass index, severe physical illness, history of former hyponatremia and co-medications known to induce hyponatremia, especially thiazide diuretics. Symptoms of hyponatremia are usually neuropsychiatric (e.g. restlessness, lethargy, cognitive impairment), and any worsening in psychiatric symptoms in patients with a corresponding risk-profile receiving SSRIs or venlafaxine should give cause to check serum electrolytes. Usually SSRI-induced hyponatremia occurs within approximately 30 days and is reported to improve after withdrawal of the drug. Further controlled studies to confirm the true incidence of hyponatremia due to SSRI or venlafaxine and to define predictors more precisely are needed.
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- C Egger
- Department of Psychiatry 1, Paracelsus Private Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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Disorders of water imbalance manifest as hyponatremia and hypernatremia. To diagnose these disorders, emergency physicians must maintain a high index of suspicion, especially in the high-risk patient, because clinical presentations may be nonspecific. With severe water imbalance, inappropriate fluid resuscitation in the emergency department may have devastating neurological consequences. The rate of serum sodium concentration correction should be monitored closely to avoid osmotic demyelination syndrome in hyponatremic patients and cerebral edema in hypernatremic patients.
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- Michelle Lin
- San Francisco General Hospital Emergency Services, University of California San Francisco, 1001 Potrero Avenue, Suite 1E21, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA.
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Walsh P, Spelman L, Sharifi N, Thakore JH. Male patients with paranoid schizophrenia have greater ACTH and cortisol secretion in response to metoclopramide-induced AVP release. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2005; 30:431-7. [PMID: 15721055 DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2004.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2004] [Revised: 08/20/2004] [Accepted: 11/05/2004] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Dynamic testing of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in schizophrenia has yielded conflicting results, which may be related to patient selection and previous exposure to psychotropic medication. The objective of this study was to determine the pattern of corticotropin (ACTH) and cortisol release in response to metoclopramide (a dopamine antagonist), which appears to be unique in its ability to release vasopressin (AVP), in drug naive patients with schizophrenia experiencing their first episode of psychosis. In this study, we examined AVP, ACTH and cortisol release in response to metoclopramide in 10 drug-naive, first-episode male patients with a DSM IV diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia and compared them to healthy control subjects matched for age, sex and smoking status. Patients, as compared to controls had higher levels of baseline plasma cortisol (375.5+/-47.4/l vs. 273.8+/-42.2 nmol/l, respectively; t=2.48, df=9, p< 0.02) and plasma ACTH (14.9+/-0.85 vs. 11.3+/-0.57 pg/ml, respectively; t=4.29, df=9, p<0.001). AVP levels were lower in patients though this did not reach statistical significance (0.89+/-0.09 vs. 1.3+/-0.08 pmol/l, respectively; t=1.97, df=9, p<0.07). A repeated measures 2-way ANOVA to compare responses to metoclopramide over time between the two groups yielded a significant group by time interaction for cortisol (F=11.3, df=6, 108, p<0.001) and ACTH (F=15.65, df=6, 108, p<0.002). Post hoc Tukey's test revealed significant differences between the two groups at +30, +45, +60, +90 and +120 min for cortisol (p<0.01) and at +30, +45, +60 and +90 min for ACTH (p<0.01). The group by time interactions continued to remain significant when cortisol (F=10.9, df=6, 107, p<0.001) and ACTH (F=13.04, df=6, 108, p<0.002) were entered as co-variates. There was a significant positive correlation between AVP and cortisol responses in patients (r=0.65, df=8, p<0.01). Male patients with paranoid schizophrenia release greater amounts of ACTH and cortisol in responses to metoclopramide-induced AVP secretion than control subjects.
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- Patricia Walsh
- North West Kildare Mental Health Services, Kilcock, Co. Kildare, Ireland
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Malidelis YI, Panayotacopoulou MT, van Heerikhuize JJ, Unmehopa UA, Kontostavlaki DP, Swaab DF. Absence of a difference in the neurosecretory activity of supraoptic nucleus vasopressin neurons of neuroleptic-treated schizophrenic patients. Neuroendocrinology 2005; 82:63-9. [PMID: 16415596 DOI: 10.1159/000090981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2005] [Accepted: 10/28/2005] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Dysfunction in water intake and metabolism has frequently been reported in schizophrenia. The general population of schizophrenics under neuroleptic treatment secretes lower amounts of vasopressin than controls at comparable values of plasma osmolality. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the synthetic activity of vasopressin neurons of the dorsolateral supraoptic nucleus in schizophrenia on postmortem material using a battery of histochemical activity markers. Our material consisted of formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded hypothalami from 5 schizophrenic patients under neuroleptic treatment and from 5 matched controls, obtained from The Netherlands' Brain Bank. DSM-III or DSM-IV criteria were used for the clinical diagnosis. The histochemical markers used to study the neuronal activity of the magnocellular vasopressin-synthesizing neurons were: cell size, size of the Golgi apparatus, and expression of vasopressin and tyrosine hydroxylase mRNA by in situ hybridization. Morphometric evaluation and statistical analysis (Mann-Whitney U test) were performed. Our results showed no statistically significant differences in any of the neuronal activity markers between schizophrenic patients and controls. Therefore, the neurosecretory activity of vasopressin neurons of the dorsolateral part of the supraoptic nucleus does not appear to be changed in schizophrenic patients under medication. Since our sample did not include patients with reported polydipsia or hyponatremia, prospective investigation is needed to evaluate the above-mentioned neuronal activity markers in such a particular subgroup of schizophrenic patients.
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This article summarizes the short-term physiological toxicity and the adverse behavioral effects of four substances (GHB, ketamine, MDMA, and Rohypnol) that have been used at latenight dance clubs. The two primary data sources were case studies of human fatalities and experimental studies with laboratory animals. A safety ratio was calculated for each substance based on its estimated lethal dose and its customary recreational dose. GHB (gamma-hydroxybutyrate) appears to be the most physiologically toxic; Rohypnol (flunitrazepam) appears to be the least physiologically toxic. The single most risk-producing behavior of club drug users is combining psychoactive substances, usually involving alcohol. Hazardous drug-use sequelae such as accidents, aggressive behavior, and addiction were not factored into the safety ratio estimates.
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- Robert S Gable
- School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California, USA.
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Polydipsia is a condition whereby individuals consume excessive amounts of liquids, which is common in patients with schizophrenia. A 17-item Polydipsia Screening Tool (PST; Copyright 2000 by Sheila Reynolds) was evaluated for psychometric properties. Five nurses and 70 psychiatric residents in a 92-bed nursing home comprised the samples. The interrater reliability (mean intraclass correlation coefficient) was 0.84. The average test-retest agreement was 92.4% with agreement ranging from 75% to 100%. Internal consistency of the tool was 0.79. Sensitivity and specificity were 80% and 68%, respectively. Additionally, validity of the PST was supported using a medical record history of polydipsia, low serum sodium, and low specific gravity.
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Reynolds SA, Schmid MW, Broome ME, Hewitt JB. Identifying at risk nursing home residents using a polydipsia screening tool. Arch Psychiatr Nurs 2004; 18:60-7. [PMID: 15106136 DOI: 10.1053/j.apnu.2004.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Persons diagnosed with schizophrenia are considered at risk for polydipsia, a potentially life-threatening condition characterized by excessive consumption of fluids. This study examined the demographic and health-related characteristics of nursing home residents with psychiatric diagnoses (N = 70) who reside in a 92-bed facility. The prevalence of polydipsia and behavioral characteristics and symptoms as measured by a 17-item polydipsia screening tool also were described. Patients who screened positive for polydipsia (36%) exhibited behaviors that included incontinence, smoking, frequent voiding, and preference for fluid over food. A polydipsia screening program could minimize morbidity and mortality associated with this fairly prevalent condition.
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Elman I, Lukas S, Shoaf SE, Rott D, Adler C, Breier A. Effects of acute metabolic stress on the peripheral vasopressinergic system in schizophrenia. J Psychopharmacol 2003; 17:317-23. [PMID: 14513924 DOI: 10.1177/02698811030173014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Although both vasopressin and stress have been implicated in the course of schizophrenia, it is unknown whether schizophrenic patients have altered stress-induced function of the vasopressinergic system. We examined the effects of acute metabolic stress induced by pharmacological doses (40 mg/kg) of 2-deoxyglucose (2DG) on plasma concentrations of vasopressin in 13 patients with schizophrenia (with no history of polydipsia and hyponatremia) and 12 healthy control subjects. Baseline vasopressin levels were lower in the schizophrenic patients and progressively increased in both groups throughout the 60 min following 2DG administration to a similar absolute amount, thus remaining lower in the schizophrenic group. Concomitantly, patients with schizophrenia had significantly higher 2DG-induced plasma homovanillic acid (HVA) and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid levels. Vasopressin responses correlated positively and significantly with the HVA responses in schizophrenics and with the pituitary-adrenal axis responses in controls. These results suggest two different patterns of neuroendocrine alterations in schizophrenia, namely a relatively normal vasopressin response to 2DG despite significantly decreased baseline levels and exaggerated responses of the peripheral dopaminegic and serotonergic systems in the face of normal baseline concentrations.
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- Igor Elman
- Behavioral Psychopharmacology Research Laboratory, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Belmont, MA 02478, USA.
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Shinkai T, Ohmori O, Hori H, Nakamura J. Genetic approaches to polydipsia in schizophrenia: a preliminary report of a family study and an association study of an angiotensin-converting enzyme gene polymorphism. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2003; 119B:7-12. [PMID: 12707930 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.10066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The pathophysiology of polydipsia in patients with schizophrenia is inadequately understood. This study aims to investigate the genetic influence on polydipsia in schizophrenia, and is comprised of a family study and an association study. First, we screened in-patients in 14 psychiatric hospitals and found a total of 36 pairs of a proband and his/her first-degree relative, both of whom were diagnosed with schizophrenia. Among these pairs, a significant familial concordance of polydipsia was found (Fisher's exact test, two-sided, P = 0.0014; odds ratio, 88.20; 95% confidence interval, 7.31-1064.34). These results indicate that genetic factors may underlie the pathophysiology of polydipsia in patients with schizophrenia. Subsequently, we examined the genetic association between polydipsia/water intoxication and the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) insertion (I)/deletion (D) polymorphism in patients with chronic schizophrenia (polydipsics: n = 65; non-polydipsics: n = 97) because several lines of evidence suggested that ACE might be involved in the development of polydipsia in schizophrenia. The D allele of ACE was found to be associated with a non-significant trend toward an increased risk of polydipsia (P = 0.086). Furthermore, a significant allelic association was found between the D allele of ACE and water intoxication (P = 0.0392). This significance remained after the data were adjusted for confounding variables by regression analysis. These results suggest that the ACE D allele may be a risk factor for polydipsia/water intoxication in patients with schizophrenia.
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- Takahiro Shinkai
- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.
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Movig KLL, Leufkens HGM, Lenderink AW, van den Akker VGA, Hodiamont PPG, Goldschmidt HMJ, Egberts ACG. Association between antidepressant drug use and hyponatraemia: a case-control study. Br J Clin Pharmacol 2002; 53:363-9. [PMID: 11966666 PMCID: PMC1874265 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2125.2002.01550.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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AIMS To estimate the risk of, and risk factors for, hyponatraemia associated with the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) compared with the use of other antidepressant drugs. METHODS A case-control study of psychiatric in- and out-patients on antidepressant drugs performed in the mid-southern part of The Netherlands over a 2 year period. Cases (n=29) were all using antidepressant drugs with a serum sodium concentration of < or = 130 mmol l(-1) while controls (n=78) were patients on antidepressants with a normal sodium concentration (136-144 mmol l(-1)). Information on blood sodium concentrations was obtained from clinical chemistry data while information on drug use was obtained from community and hospital pharmacy databases. Medical records were used to ascertain possible risk and confounding factors. Unconditional multivariate logistic regression was used to estimate odds ratios for hyponatraemia in patients on SSRIs compared with patients on other antidepressant drugs. RESULTS SSRIs were associated with an increased risk of hyponatraemia (OR 3.3; 95% CI 1.3, 8.6) compared with other classes of antidepressant drugs. Stratified and interaction analyses revealed that elderly patients using diuretics concomitantly with SSRIs were at the highest risk of experiencing hyponatraemia (OR 13.5; 95% CI 1.8, 101). CONCLUSIONS SSRIs are more frequently associated with hyponatraemia than other classes of antidepressant drugs. This adverse drug reaction was more common in older patients (> or = 65 years) and in those using diuretics.
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- Kris L L Movig
- Hospital Pharmacy Midden-Brabant, TweeSteden and St Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
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Thoma JL, Howe J, Gaudet A, Brantley PJ. Behavioral treatment of chronic psychogenic polydipsia with hyponatremia: a unique case of polydipsia in a primary care patient with intractable hiccups. J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry 2001; 32:241-50. [PMID: 12102585 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-7916(02)00007-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Psychogenic polydipsia is recognized as a dangerous and potentially life threatening disorder. Few studies have focused on the treatment of polydipsia presenting in the outpatient setting. A review of the behavioral treatment literature pertaining to psychogenic polydipsia is presented. This review is followed by a case illustration of an outpatient behavioral approach to the treatment of psychogenic polydipsia in a non-psychiatric, primary car, adult, male patient suffering from intractable hiccup. An ABA single-case design was used, with sodium concentration as the dependent variable. This behavioral method appears promising in settings where restriction of fluid intake is not practical.
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- J L Thoma
- Mayo Clinic, Nicotine Dependence Center, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
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Kirby D, Ames D. Hyponatraemia and selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors in elderly patients. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2001; 16:484-93. [PMID: 11376464 DOI: 10.1002/gps.367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Hyponatraemia (serum sodium arbitrarily defined as less than 135 mmol/L) is an increasingly recognised adverse effect of selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs). Its precise prevalence and incidence in the elderly are hard to determine because of confounding factors including other prescribed medications and medical conditions. Although hyponatraemia has been reported with all SSRIs and venlafaxine, most studies are small, retrospective, limited by confounding variables or are individual case reports. The risk of developing hyponatraemia while on an SSRI seems to increase with age, female, sex, previous history of hyponatraemia and the concomitant use of other medications known to include hyponatraemia. The sodium concentrations of most patients with SSRI associated hyponatraemia return to normal within days to weeks of SSRI withdrawal. A few cases of SSRI rechallenge indicate that hyponatraemia may sometimes be a transient effect with tolerance developing over time. There is an urgent need for controlled, rigorous studies to confirm the extent of the association between SSRIs and hyponatraemia. Older drugs such as tricyclic antidepressants also need systematic study. It remains quite unclear whether any specific SSRI or venlafaxine has a stronger association with hyponatraemia than any other antidepressant drug.
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- D Kirby
- Senior Registrar in Psychiatry, Caulfield General Medical Centre, Caulfield, VIC 3162, Australia
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Endocrine disorders frequently present initially to psychiatrists. This article reviews the differential diagnosis of psychiatric and endocrine disorders. The range of endocrinopathies is presented, with emphasis placed on the common psychiatric symptomatology associated with these conditions. Various signs and symptoms that might stimulate a psychiatrist to pursue a work-up for each endocrine disorder are also emphasized.
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- B Hutto
- Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, USA.
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The study of psychoneuroendocrinology of schizophrenia has yielded an extensive but inconclusive body of data. Investigations to date have been limited by several factors, including the confounding effects of neuroleptic drugs, methodological limitations, and lack of appreciation for the heterogeneity of the illness. Previously, the focus of research has been on the measurement of anterior pituitary hormones, guided by the assumptions that these hormones are regulated by the central nervous system (CNS) to a significant degree and that the unique anatomic relationship of the pituitary gland to the hypothalamus and the CNS is potentially relevant. Patients with schizophrenia do appear to have distinct endocrinologic profiles. However, although the hormonal differences between patients with schizophrenia and the general population appear to be subtle in magnitude. Nonetheless, investigation, and the exploration of the possible effect of gonadal and posterior pituitary hormones merits particular attention.
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- C E Marx
- Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
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Chronic fatigue disorders are characterized by a subjectively defined group of symptoms such as chronic fatigue, mental confusion, exertional malaise, weight changes, and/or diffuse multi-joint pains. Significant clinical overlap exists between chronic fatigue disorders and the syndrome of serum inappropriate anti-diuretic hormone (SIADH). Both chronic fatigue disorders and SIADH are characterized by lethargy and mental confusion. Both disorders can be induced or exacerbated by viral illnesses, physical exertion, emotional stress and/or hypotension. Both can be treated with salt loading and glucocorticoids. Therefore, altered water metabolism resulting from inappropriate release and/or response to arginine vasopressin (AVP) is proposed as a pathophysiological basis of certain chronic fatigue disorders. Moreover, these data suggest that salt loading and/or direct inhibition of AVP may be an effective therapeutic approach in individuals with chronic fatigue disorders.
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- S J Peroutka
- Spectra Biomedical, Inc., Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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van Laar T, Lammers GJ, Roos RA, Gerritsen JJ, Meinders AE. Antiparkinsonian drugs causing inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion. Mov Disord 1998; 13:176-8. [PMID: 9452348 DOI: 10.1002/mds.870130135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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- T van Laar
- Department of Neurology, Leiden University Hospital, The Netherlands
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We report a case of delusional pregnancy with polydipsia in a female patient with paranoid schizophrenia. The contribution of psychological and physiological factors in the development of the delusion of pregnancy and polydipsia and the possible interactions between the two phenomena are discussed.
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- R S Shiwach
- Department of Psychiatry, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235-9070, USA.
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Hyponatremia and hypernatremia are common electrolyte disorders resulting from disorders in water homeostasis. Hyponatremia usually results from defects in free water excretion, although increased intake may also contribute. The treatment of hyponatremia has been controversial because of the high associated morbidity and mortality and the observation that rapid correction of hyponatremia is associated with the development of central pontine myelinolysis. Mild hyponatremia should be treated with water restriction alone, whereas severe acute or symptomatic hyponatremia should initially be corrected rapidly until symptoms resolve followed by more gradual correction. In all cases, treatment should be individualized on the basis of severity, cause, and duration of the hyponatremia. Hypernatremia results from impaired water ingestion, although increased water losses are often contributory. Hospital-acquired hypernatremia is usually iatrogenic because of inadequate water prescription and is therefore preventable. Hypernatremia is also associated with high morbidity and mortality, both as a result of the underlying disease and inadequate treatment. The primary treatment of hypernatremia is water replacement-repleting water deficits and replacing ongoing losses. Additional treatment should be directed at eliminating excess water losses.
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- L F Fried
- Renal Section, VA Pittsburgh Health Care System, Pennsylvania, USA
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Hayfron-Benjamin J, Peters CA, Woodhouse RA. A demographic study of polydipsia in an institution for the intellectually disabled. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. REVUE CANADIENNE DE PSYCHIATRIE 1996; 41:519-22. [PMID: 8899238 DOI: 10.1177/070674379604100809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To measure the prevalence of primary polydipsia in an Ontario institution for residents with developmental disabilities and to explore the associations of polydipsia with age, sex and level of mental retardation. METHOD All 798 residents were screened for polydipsia using a behavioural questionnaire completed by caregivers. RESULTS Thirty-three cases were detected: the prevalence among the mobile resident population (n = 660) was 5%. We found no association of polydipsia with age, sex, or level of mental retardation. CONCLUSIONS Physicians should be aware of polydipsia because it is common among residents with moderate, severe, and profound mental disability. Unless screened for specifically, polydipsia may go unrecognized and may place the residents with mental handicap at risk for serious acute and chronic complications.
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Fuller MA, Jurjus G, Kwon K, Konicki PE, Jaskiw GE. Clozapine reduces water-drinking behavior in schizophrenic patients with polydipsia. J Clin Psychopharmacol 1996; 16:329-32. [PMID: 8835710 DOI: 10.1097/00004714-199608000-00010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Disordered water balance, or polydipsia, is an underassessed and underreported phenomenon present in the severely psychiatrically disabled population. Prevalence rates for polydipsia range from 6.2 to 20%. We followed up five male patients (mean age 43) with chronic schizophrenia who met the Kane criteria for being treatment nonresponders and who, in addition, had marked polydipsia. Three patients had previously received medical care for hyponatremia and had to be placed on fluid restriction when admitted to the hospital. All patients exhibited polydipsia despite high doses of typical antipsychotic drugs. Each patient was treated openly with clozapine (range 450-800 mg/day) for at least 6 months. In each case, there was a decline in the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale score (preclozapine mean, 63; postclozapine mean, 46), and a marked reduction in fluid-seeking behavior. All fluid restrictions could be lifted, and the patients were discharged from the hospital. During a mean follow-up period of 17 months, during which patients were evaluated weekly, polydipsic behavior that required intervention had not been noted. We conclude that clozapine may be a highly effective treatment for polydipsia in patients with treatment-refractory schizophrenia. Future studies may aim to delineate neurobiologic mechanisms.
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- M A Fuller
- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Prell GD, Green JP, Elkashef AM, Khandelwal JK, Linnoila M, Wyatt RJ, Lawson WB, Jaeger AC, Kaufmann CA, Kirch DG. The relationship between urine excretion and biogenic amines and their metabolites in cerebrospinal fluid of schizophrenic patients. Schizophr Res 1996; 19:171-6. [PMID: 8789915 DOI: 10.1016/0920-9964(96)88524-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Concentrations of norepinephrine and metabolites of biogenic amines were measured in lumbar cerebrospinal fluid of 30 patients with chronic schizophrenia, nine of whom were polyuric. The mean level of norepinephrine was two-fold higher (p < or = 0.025) in polyuric patients than in patients whose excretion of urine was within the normal range. CSF levels of histamine's primary metabolite, tele-methylhistamine, an index of brain histaminergic activity, were positively correlated (p < 0.005) with daily urine volume. These results are consistent with the known influence of norepinephrine and histamine on fluid regulation and suggest that norepinephrine and histamine may be involved in psychogenic polydipsia-polyuria in schizophrenic patients.
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- G D Prell
- Department of Pharmacology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, City University of New York, NY 10029, USA
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Emsley R, Roberts M, Smith R, Spangenberg J, Chalton D. Disordered water homeostasis in schizophrenia and cerebral ventricular size. Br J Psychiatry 1995; 166:501-6. [PMID: 7795923 DOI: 10.1192/bjp.166.4.501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND A possible association between disordered water homeostasis and cerebral ventricular size in patients with schizophrenia was investigated. METHOD In a cross-sectional study of hospitalised patients, cerebral ventricular size was measured in 16 schizophrenic patients with disordered water homeostasis and 16 matched schizophrenic controls by magnetic resonance imaging. RESULTS Ventricle to brain ratio, third ventricular index, bicaudate index and bifrontal index tended to be greater in those with schizophrenia with disordered water homeostasis, although differences were significant only for the bifrontal index (P < 0.05). Strong negative correlations were found between ventricular size and performance on neuropsychological testing in the disordered water homeostasis group. CONCLUSION These results provide evidence for an association between structural brain abnormality and disordered water homeostasis in a subset of schizophrenic patients.
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- R Emsley
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Stellenbosch, Tygerberg, South Africa
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Spigset O, Hedenmalm K. Hyponatraemia and the syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH) induced by psychotropic drugs. Drug Saf 1995; 12:209-25. [PMID: 7619332 DOI: 10.2165/00002018-199512030-00006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The use of psychotropic drugs has been associated with the syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH) in a number of case reports. SIADH is characterised by the sustained release of antidiuretic hormone (ADH) from the posterior pituitary. The patients have a reduced ability to excrete diluted urine, ingested fluid is retained, and the extracellular fluid expands and becomes hypo-osmolar. The cardinal signs are hyponatraemia, serum hypoosmolality and a less than maximally diluted urine. Common symptoms include weakness, lethargy, headache, anorexia and weight gain. These symptoms may be followed by confusion, convulsions, coma and death. The early symptoms are vague and nonspecific, and they may even mimic the symptoms of the psychiatric disorder itself. For antidepressants, the risk of SIADH seems to be highest during the first weeks of treatment. For antipsychotics, the risk seems to be more spread out in time. The causative role of the drug may sometimes be difficult to estimate, as even drug-free psychiatric patients, mostly those with schizophrenia, develop SIADH on the basis of psychogenic polydipsia. Smoking is another factor associated with the development of SIADH, and the risk may also increase with age. The acute treatment of SIADH induced by a psychotropic drug includes discontinuation of the drug as well as restriction of fluid intake. In cases with significant clinical symptoms, infusion of sodium chloride is recommended. After the acute management, it is useful to evaluate the causative role of the drug by performing a water loading test and/or drug rechallenge. If continued treatment with an antidepressant or antipsychotic is indicated, a drug with a different pharmacological profile should be chosen, and the serum sodium levels should be monitored closely. If treatment with the drug that caused SIADH must be continued, concomitant treatment with demeclocycline may reduce the tendency of hyponatraemia.
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- O Spigset
- Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Norrland University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden
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Hyponatremia is a common clinical problem and can result in severe morbidity and even death. Understanding the pathophysiology of hyponatremic encephalopathy is central to accurate diagnosis and management. This article reviews the controversies surrounding the treatment of hyponatremia with special emphasis on risk to benefit ratio of different therapeutic strategies.
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- A L Mulloy
- Department of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta
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Benazzi F, Bartolini F, Mazzoli M. Medical complications of polydipsia in nonpsychotic depression. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. REVUE CANADIENNE DE PSYCHIATRIE 1994; 39:185. [PMID: 7518339 DOI: 10.1177/070674379403900319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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de Leon J, Verghese C, Tracy JI, Josiassen RC, Simpson GM. Polydipsia and water intoxication in psychiatric patients: a review of the epidemiological literature. Biol Psychiatry 1994; 35:408-19. [PMID: 8018788 DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(94)90008-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 174] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Polydipsia among chronic psychiatric patients is poorly understood and underdiagnosed. It may have three stages: simple polydipsia, polydipsia with water intoxication, and physical complications. Epidemiological surveys have used staff reports and polyuria measures to identify polydipsic patients. Water intoxication has been screened by chart review, weight, or serum sodium data. According to these surveys, polydipsia, not explained by medically induced polyuria, may be present in more than 20% of chronic inpatients. Up to 5% of chronic inpatients had episodes of water intoxication although mild cases may have been missed. Single time point surveys show that 29% of polydipsic patients had presented water intoxication. Methodologically limited clinical studies suggest that polydipsia with water intoxication rather than simple polydipsia may be associated with poor prognosis in schizophrenia. Epidemiological surveys found polydipsia with water intoxication to be associated with chronicity, schizophrenia, smoking, some medications, male gender, and white race. New pathophysiological models need to elucidate these findings.
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- J de Leon
- Medical College of Pennsylvania, Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute, Philadelphia 19129
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Vieweg V, Pandurangi A, Levenson J, Silverman J. The consulting psychiatrist and the polydipsia-hyponatremia syndrome in schizophrenia. Int J Psychiatry Med 1994; 24:275-303. [PMID: 7737786 DOI: 10.2190/5wg5-vv1v-bxad-805k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The authors seek to extend understanding and treatment of hospitalized schizophrenics presenting with complications of polydipsia and dilutional hyponatremia. Attending physicians may ask the consultation/liaison psychiatrist to see schizophrenics with hyponatremically-induced delirium or other psychiatric syndromes. The referring physician may or may not have identified polydipsia and dilutional hyponatremia and their complications. This article will help the consultation/liaison psychiatrist recognize early evidence of water imbalance, describe evaluation, and provide somatic and behavioral treatment approaches to this life-threatening syndrome. METHOD Over the past ten years, the authors have treated more than 100 patients with the polydipsia-hyponatremia syndrome. The authors discuss their and others' experience with drugs that help and hinder patients suffering from dilutional hyponatremia. They review current key articles from the polydipsia-hyponatremia syndrome literature including articles identified via Medline search 1985-94. RESULTS Schizophrenics with the polydipsia-hyponatremia syndrome most commonly present with polydipsia, polyuria, urinary incontinence, cognitive, affective, and behavioral changes, seizures, or coma. Quantitating polydipsia, hyponatremia, and diurnal changes in body weight facilitate therapeutic interventions. Treatment include patient and caregiver education, drug therapies to better treat psychosis and better treat osmotic dysregulation, behavioral interventions to interdict polydipsia, and diurnal weight monitoring. CONCLUSIONS Once recognized, acute, subacute, and chronic complications of the polydipsia-hyponatremia syndrome are readily treatable. Besides treating the patient, consultation/liaison psychiatrists can teach their medical colleagues about this syndrome. In so doing, they will enhance the quality of their patients' lives and help the internist and surgeon feel more comfortable when working with schizophrenics.
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- V Vieweg
- Department of Psychiatry, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond 23298-0710, USA
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Emsley RA, Spangenberg JJ, Roberts MC, Taljaard FJ, Chalton DO. Disordered water homeostasis and cognitive impairment in schizophrenia. Biol Psychiatry 1993; 34:630-3. [PMID: 8292691 DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(93)90155-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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To investigate a possible association between disordered water homeostasis and cognitive impairment in schizophrenia, neuropsychological tests were applied to 16 schizophrenic patients with severely deranged water homeostasis and to 16 matched schizophrenic controls. The patients with disordered water homeostasis tended to obtain poorer scores than the controls throughout, the differences being statistically significant for two of the tests (Wechsler Memory Scale Visual Reproduction and Trial Marking Test part A). These results were not ascribable to differences in the duration of the illness, premorbid IQ, medication, or electroconvulsive therapy received, or prominence of any particular symptoms. The results suggest the co-existence of disordered water homeostasis and cognitive impairment in a subset of schizophrenic patients.
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- R A Emsley
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Stellenbosch, Tygerberg, South Africa
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Shutty MS, Briscoe L, Sautter S, Leadbetter RA. Neuropsychological manifestations of hyponatremia in chronic schizophrenic patients with the syndrome of psychosis, intermittent hyponatremia and polydipsia (PIP). Schizophr Res 1993; 10:125-30. [PMID: 8398944 DOI: 10.1016/0920-9964(93)90047-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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We examined the neuropsychological sequelae of water intoxication in nine schizophrenic patients with the syndrome of psychosis, intermittent hyponatremia and polydipsia (PIP). Patients were assessed using a standardized test battery on two occasions following laboratory blood work: once during hyponatremia (serum sodium < 130 mmol/l) and once during normonatremia (serum sodium > 136 mmol/l). Results revealed significant deficits during hyponatremia involving complex information processing skills such as mental flexibility and verbal fluency. In contrast, short-term memory was intact and no deficits in sustained attention or visual-motor scanning were observed. Our results underscore the dramatic fluctuations in neuropsychological functioning due to metabolic and osmotic changes during water loading in PIP syndrome patients. In addition, we found that the neuropsychological effects of hyponatremia are remarkably consistent across patients. These complications, if not recognized, are likely to contribute to worsening of psychosis despite appropriate pharmacological treatment while severely limiting patient ability to actively participate in behavioral interventions.
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- M S Shutty
- Western State Hospital, Staunton, VA 24401
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