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Chapter 21 – Vasopressin, Diabetes Insipidus, and the Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone Secretion

David Carmody,
Mark John Hannon,
Chris Thompson

  Vasopressin
  Synthesis and Secretion
  Cellular Action of Vasopressin

  Regulation of Vasopressin Release
  Osmoregulation of Vasopressin Release
  Baroregulation of Vasopressin Release
  Other Mechanisms Regulating Vasopressin Release

  Diabetes Insipidus
  Hypothalamic Diabetes Insipidus
  Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus
  Dipsogenic Diabetes Insipidus
  Investigation of Diabetes Insipidus
  Adipsic Diabetes Insipidus
  Treatment for Diabetes Insipidus

  The Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone
  Introduction
  Causes of SIADH
  Pathophysiology of SIADH
  Diagnosis of SIADH
  Differential Diagnosis of SIADH
  Treatment for SIADH

In humans, normal cellular function is dependent on normal tonicity of the extracellular fluid. To maintain normal extracellular tonicity, sophisticated regulation of water homeostasis—the process of osmoregulation—is needed. Osmoregulation is dependent on the …