Diabetes insipidus in hypoxemic encephalopathy
- 1 March 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 235 (9) , 932-933
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.235.9.932
Abstract
Diabetes insipidus developed in 2 patients who experienced severe hypoxemia as a consequence of drug overdose-induced respiratory failure. Post-mortem examination revealed generalized cerebral edema, encephalomalacia, and profound and diffuse loss of neurons. Hypoxemia-induced diabetes insipidus may indicate that the patient is suffering from severe brain damage.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: