Endocrine Abstracts

Diabetes insipidus is mainly associated with dehydration as a complication, hyponatremia being very rare. We report the case of a 75 years old female, from Switzerland, who presented with nausea and vomit, diarrhea, asthenia and general sickness at the emergency room, where blood tests revealed hyperglycemia of 320 mg/dl and hyponatremia of 115 mmol/l, the patient knowing to have diabetes insipidus and diabetes mellitus type II, with insulin and desmopressin. Following emergen...