Lithium-induced nephrogenic diabetes insipidus in older people

Age and Ageing,  July, 2001  by Diptarup Mukhopadhyay,  Lingesan Gokulkrishnan,  Kanthaya Mohanaruban

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Presentation: we report two patients. The first is a 68-year-old woman who presented with a 2-day history of vomiting. She was hypernatraemic and her elevated serum sodium concentration did not improve initially, despite adequate fluid replacement. She subsequently developed polyuria and polydipsia.

The second patient, a 77-year-old woman, presented with delirium and severe hypernatraemia after being treated for a chest infection 1 week earlier. Both patients were on long-term lithium treatment.

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