osmoregulation defect

Etiology

increases:

• dehydration
  • absent thirst
• hypersomolar nonketotic diabetic coma
• diabetic ketoacidosis
• diabetes insipidus
• tube feeding

decreases:

• adrenal insufficiency
• hypopituitarism
• water intoxication (polydipsia)
• postoperative states
• SIADH

More general terms

• metabolic disease

Additional terms

• osmolality (Osm)
• osmostat