MD FASN | Consultant Nephrologist at Nefrón | Founder, CMO & Functional Consultant Nephrologist at Nephrohealth KA | ASN Member (American Society of Nephrology) - Fellow of ASN (FASN)
When it comes to hypernatraemia: The Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terminology February 2024 edition renamed diabetes insipidus as arginine vasopressin-related polyuria with two specific subtypes: arginine vasopressin deficiency and arginine vasopressin resistance. One of the reasons for this was shown in a recent survey of 1034 patients with central Diabetes Insipidus (CDI), 823 (80%) patients encountered a situation where a healthcare professional confused CDI with diabetes mellitus, and 884 (85%) patients supported renaming the disease https://lnkd.in/eQw5_kif #Nephrohealth #Nephrohealth_KA