Endocrine Abstracts

The article presents a case of permanent central diabetes insipidus (CDI) in a patient after severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) in traffic accident. A 16-year-old boy entered to a medical facility in the coma (6 points of Glasgow Coma scale (GCS)). Diagnosis: acute TBI; severe cerebral contusion; subarachnoid hemorrhage; depressed comminuted cranial vault fracture; basilar skull fracture; visceral contusion. CDI diagnosed three days after injury when polyuria and hypernatremi...