October, 9, 2010 (Montreal, Canada) — Editor's Note: Hypersecretion of antidiuretic hormone (ADH) is a common feature in palliative care patients. This leads to fluid retention, which the body ...

Drugs are a common cause of the syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) in the elderly. The mechanism of action by which a drug interferes with the normal secretion and ...

HYPONATREMIA has been observed repeatedly in patients with various brain lesions. Observations on a number of patients with cerebral hyponatremia were reported by Peters and his co-workers 1 in 1950.

In our review, we considered the laboratory evaluation of hyponatremic patients.1 In hospital patients with hyponatremia, the syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) is ...

Important medical update: “Breaking the seal” isn’t a thing, according to one of the nation’s top hospitals. That’s the conclusion of urologist Petar Bajic, MD of the Cleveland Clinic, a medical ...

To the Editor: In an article entitled "Pulmonary Complications and Water Retention in Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation" Sladen et al. 1 mention that many investigators have studied the effects of ...

Francesca has an MSci in Biochemistry from the University of Birmingham.View full profile Francesca has an MSci in Biochemistry from the University of Birmingham. If you drink, you’re likely familiar ...

IN an investigation designed to investigate whether the release of vasopressin (ADH) from rat posterior pituitaries in vitro would be a reliable index of the discharge of this hormone in vivo, a ...

Your pituitary is a small gland at the base of your brain. Pituitary disorders develop because of problems with your pituitary gland. A growth (tumor) in or near the pituitary often causes these ...