syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone
- syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone
- (SIADH) hyponatremia with decreased extracellular fluid osmolality, inability to produce dilute urine, normovolemia, and elevated urinary sodium excretion, in the absence of kidney disease or other cause of normovolemic hypo-osmolality. Causes include vasopressin-secreting tumor cells, neoplasms (especially oat cell carcinoma of the lung or pancreatic carcinoma), pulmonary disorders, central nervous system disease, and adverse drug reactions.
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