Polyuria resident survival guide
Approach to polyuria
| Polyuria ❑ 24-hour urine volume >3L ❑ 24-hour urine volume >50 ml/kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Urine Osmolality >300mosmol | Urine Osmolality <300[1]mosmol | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Solute diuresis ❑ Glucose ❑ Mannitol ❑ Contrast media ❑ High protein intake ❑ Diuretics ❑ Medullary cystic disease ❑ Resolving ATN ❑ Resolving obstruction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Water diuresis ❑ Primary polydipsia ❑ Diabetes inspidous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Water restriction test OR administration of hypertonic saline 0.05 mL/kg/min for 2 h | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Water restriction test ❑ Overnight fluid restriction should be avoided ❑ Recommend the patient to stop drinking 2-3 hours before coming to clinic ❑ Meaure urine volume every hour ❑ Measure urine osmolality every hour ❑ Measure plasma sodium concentration every 2 hours ❑ Measure plasma osmolality every 2 hours | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- ↑ Robertson GL: Diabetes insipidus. Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am 24:549–572, 1995.